--- title: "3 Academia Quotes By Anna Salter" description: "3 Academia quotes by Anna Salter. Plus more from Anna Salter and more Academia sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/anna-salter-40179_abuser_in-projecting-onto-others-their-own-mora_1140061.jpg" --- > [“In projecting onto others their own moral sense, therapists sometimes make terrible errors. Child physical abusers are automatically labeled “impulsive," despite extensive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-salter/in-projecting-onto-others-their-own-moral-sense-therapists-sometimes/) [Anna Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-salter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d47/anna-salter-40179_abuser_in-projecting-onto-others-their-own-mora_1140061.jpg) > [“For every group, malevolence is always somewhere else. Maybe we understand at this point in history that it can occur at night…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-salter/for-every-group-malevolence-is-always-somewhere-else-maybe-we/) [Anna Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-salter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46d/anna-salter-40179_abuse_for-every-group-malevolence-is-always-so_2348510.jpg) > [“In musing on all that occurred in the course of the several years of harassment the error I decided I made, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-salter/in-musing-on-all-that-occurred-in-the-course-of-the-several-years-of/) [Anna Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-salter/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ec/anna-salter-40179_abuse_in-musing-on-all-that-occurred-in-the-co_2519672.jpg) ## Other authors on Academia - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-nassim-nicholas-taleb-70256.jpg) Nassim Nicholas Taleb 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/academia/nassim-nicholas-taleb/) ## More by Anna Salter > [“People, in general, tend to project onto others their own state of mind. Well-meaning people inevitably assume other people are well meaning. People who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-salter/people-in-general-tend-to-project-onto-others-their-own-state-of-mind/) [Anna Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-salter/) > [“We must know something about malevolence, about how to recognize it, and about how not to make excuses for it. We must know that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-salter/we-must-know-something-about-malevolence-about-how-to-recognize-it/) [Anna Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-salter/) > [“I should meet many people who do not know anyone personally who has been raped or molested as a child. But I can't remember…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-salter/i-should-meet-many-people-who-do-not-know-anyone-personally-who-has/) [Anna Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-salter/) > [“In projecting onto others their own moral sense, therapists sometimes make terrible errors. Child physical abusers are automatically labeled “impulsive," despite extensive evidence that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-salter/in-projecting-onto-others-their-own-moral-sense-therapists-sometimes/) [Anna Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-salter/) > [“Recently I interviewed a psychopath. This is always a humbling experience because it teaches over and over how much of human motivation and experience…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-salter/recently-i-interviewed-a-psychopath-this-is-always-a-humbling/) [Anna Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-salter/) > [“Humor is probably species specific”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-salter/humor-is-probably-species-specific/) [Anna Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-salter/) > [“Malevolence takes a bite out off your spirit. Just sitting with it, just talking with people who consciously and deliberately exploit others, feels like…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-salter/malevolence-takes-a-bite-out-off-your-spirit-just-sitting-with-it/) [Anna Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-salter/) > [“The people who support and defend those accused of child sexual abuse indiscriminately, those who join organizations dedicated to defending people who are accused…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-salter/the-people-who-support-and-defend-those-accused-of-child-sexual-abuse/) [Anna Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-salter/) > [“For every group, malevolence is always somewhere else. Maybe we understand at this point in history that it can occur at night in darkened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-salter/for-every-group-malevolence-is-always-somewhere-else-maybe-we/) [Anna Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-salter/) > [“Oddly then, in our search for meaning, we often assign victims too much blame for their assaults, and offenders too little. Our inconsistencies do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-salter/oddly-then-in-our-search-for-meaning-we-often-assign-victims-too-much/) [Anna Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-salter/) > [“In musing on all that occurred in the course of the several years of harassment the error I decided I made, and others frequently…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anna-salter/in-musing-on-all-that-occurred-in-the-course-of-the-several-years-of/) [Anna Salter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anna-salter/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/academia/anna-salter/#itemlist", "name": "3 Academia Quotes By Anna Salter", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“In projecting onto others their own moral sense, therapists sometimes make terrible errors. 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