It was God who created hell as a place to store evil. He didn't do a good job of keeping it there… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
The world is, was, will always be filled with good and evil, because good and evil is the yin and yang of… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
Most of the evil of the world comes about not out of evil motives, but somebody saying 'get with the program, be… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
What happens when good people are put into an evil place? Do they triumph or does the situation dominate their past history… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
In one sense, the Stanford prison study is more like a Greek drama than a traditional experiment, in that we have humanity,… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
We want to believe in the essential, unchanging goodness of people, in their power to resist external pressures, in their rational appraisal… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
There are times when external circumstances can overwhelm us, and we do things we never thought. If you're not aware that this… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
We like to think there is this core of human nature – that good people can't do bad things, and that good… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
Whoever has the power to label others as evil is automatically, or reflexively, the good person. Good people label bad people as… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
... In contrast to the "banality of evil," which posits that ordinary people can be responsible for the most despicable acts of… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
The "Lucifer Effect" describes the point in time when an ordinary, normal person first crosses the boundary between good and evil to… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
For years I've been interested in a fundamental question concerning what I call the psychology of evil: Why is it that good… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
Bullies may be the perpetrators of evil, but it is the evil of passivity of all those who know what is happening… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
Bullying is an evil because it not only destroys the life of the kid who's bullied, but also makes everyone in the… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces. — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
We all like to think that the line between good and evil is impermeable--that people who do terrible things, such as commit… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
Whether we consider Nazi Germany or Abu Ghraib prison, there were many people who observed what was happening and said nothing. At… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
As we have come to understand the psychology of evil, we have realized that such transformations of human character are not as… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us. — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
When someone is anonymous, it opens the door to all kinds of antisocial behavior, as seen by the Ku Klux Klan. — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
It was God who created hell as a place to store evil. He didn't do a good job of keeping it there though. — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
That human behavior is more influenced by things outside of us than inside. The 'situation' is the external environment. The inner environment is genes,… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
The "Lucifer Effect" describes the point in time when an ordinary, normal person first crosses the boundary between good and evil to engage in… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
Time perspective is one of the most powerful influences on all of human behavior. We're trying to show how people become biased to being… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
The [Stanford Prison Experiment] was readily approved by the Human Subjects Research committee because it seemed like college kids playing cops and robbers, it… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
A good cult delivers on its promises. A good cult nourishes the needs of its members, has transparency and integrity, and creates provisions for… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
We can assume that most people, most of the time, are moral creatures. But imagine that this morality is like a gearshift that at… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
I'm saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes always are… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
Most of the evil of the world comes about not out of evil motives, but somebody saying 'get with the program, be a team… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
The first time I spoke publicly about the Stanford Prison Experiment, Stanley Milgram told me: "Your study is going to take all the ethical… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
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