Circumstances Quote by Roy Baumeister

The societal pursuit of high self-esteem for everyone may literally end up doing considerable harm.

— Roy Baumeister

Deeds of violence in our society are performed largely by those trying to establish their self-esteem, to defend their self-image, and to demonstrate that…

— Rollo May

I have come to think of violence as a self-perpetuating mania of the power of the aggressive over those less strong.

— Kathy Reichs

People with high but unstable self-esteem exhibit the greatest hostility.

— Roy Baumeister

The integrative tendencies of the individual are incomparably more dangerous than his self-assertive tendencies.

— Arthur Koestler

Violence is a carrier of self-will

— Anonymous

Most people think that other people self-harm just for attention. The thing that most people don't know is that people who self-harm hide it…

— Anonymous

Perhaps the most extraordinary popular delusion about violence of the past quarter-century is that it is caused by low self-esteem. That theory has been…

— Steven Pinker

At what point is someone precluded from availing themselves of the justification of self-defense because of their own poor judgment or bad behavior?

— Dan Gelber

There is perhaps no sort of self more subject to dangerous egotism than that which deludes itself with the notion that it is not…

— Charles Horton Cooley

High self esteem people can surely be knocked down by an excess of troubles, but they are quickerto pick themselves up again.

— Nathaniel Branden

A healthy strong ego, with plenty of self-esteem, does not feel itself threatened by every innocent remark.

— Maxwell Maltz