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Hero Quotes by Philip Zimbardo
- ... In contrast to the "banality of evil," which posits that ordinary people can be responsible for the most despicable acts of cruelty and degradation…
- I'm saying to be a hero it means you step accross the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes always are making…
- Heroes are Ordinary People whose social action is Extra-Ordinary/ who ACT when others are passive, who give up EGO-centrism for SOCIO-centrism.
- Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation and act out of noble motives, or behave in ways that do not…
- The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.
- I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people…
- Evil is knowing better, but willingly doing worse.
- Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.
- One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us.
- To be a hero you have to learn to be a deviant — because you're always going against the conformity of the group.
More Hero Quotes
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- Heroes need monsters to establish their heroic credentials. You need something scary to overcome. — Margaret Atwood
- I'm bad at picking heroes. — Margaret Atwood
- No hero is mortal till he dies. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- Clint Eastwood has always been a hero. — Kevin Bacon
- If we mean to have heroes, statesmen and philosophers, we should have learned women. — Abigail Adams
- Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. — John Barth
- As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural… — John Adams
- Our flag honors those who have fought to protect it, and is a reminder of the sacrifice of our nation's founders and… — Joe Barton
- Since I was seventeen I thought I might be a star. I'd think about all my heroes, Charlie Parker, Jimi Hendrix... I… — Jean-Michel Basquiat
- What is a society without a heroic dimension? — Jean Baudrillard
- Heroes don't wear diapers. It's just not cool. — Felix Baumgartner