Corners Quote by Oscar Handlin

“Isolating oneself into a narrowly defined victim group promotes a view of others as irrelevant at best and dangerous at worst, which eventually only…

— Bessel A. van der Kolk

People can become so blinded by their own perceived victimhood that they make victims of everyone around them.

— Richard Paul Evans

Outsiders tend to be the first to recognize the inadequacies of our social institutions. But, precisely because they are outsiders, they are usually in…

— Atul Gawande

“Everyone is you pushed out. Once you understand this, you’ll never resort to victimhood. Also, the way that people treat you will transform significantly.”

— Robin S. Baker

“But I thought that if people behaved like victims they would become victims, if people expected the worst to happen then it invariably did.…

— Marian Keyes

“The less a person understands his own feelings, the more he will fall prey to them. The less a person understands the feelings, the…

— Howard Gardner

We sometimes care less about those who care most about us...and sometimes we end being the victims ourselves.

— Terry Mark

“When we feel like victims, all our actions and beliefs are legitimised, however questionable they may be. Our opponents, or simply our neighbours, stop…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

To a considerable degree, all minority groups suffer from the same state of marginality with its haunting consequences of insecurity, conflict, and irritation.

— Gordon W. Allport

Some of us always have to play the victim in order to be the center of attention.

— Phaedra Parks

Consciously or unconsciously most of us adhere to what is expected of our role because we realize our social success depends on this. Some…

— Robert Greene

People are often very limiting to themselves and can be their own worst enemy.

— Alex Wolff