132 Quotes by Philip Zimbardo

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: “The line between good and evil is in the center of every human heart.

That seduction or initiation into evil can be understood by recognizing that most actors are not solitary figures improvising on the empty stage of life. Rather, they are often an ensemble of different players, on a stage with various props and changing costumes, scripts, and stage directions from producers and directors.

Einstein himself is reported to have said: When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute and it’s longer than any hour. That’s relativity.

One can’t live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us.

A good way to avoid crimes of obedience is to assert one’s personal authority and always take full responsibility for one’s actions.23.

Many cults start off with high ideals that get corrupted by leaders or their board of advisors who become power-hungry and dominate and control members' lives. No group with high ideals starts off as a 'cult'; they become one when their errant ways are exposed.