... In contrast to the "banality of evil," which posits that ordinary people can be responsible for the most despicable acts of cruelty and degradati….

Prejudice and discrimination have always been a big part of my life. When I was 6, I got beat up and called dirty Jew boy because they thought I look….

The level of shyness has gone up dramatically in the last decade. I think shyness is an index of social pathology rather than a pathology of the indi….

I was discriminated against because I was Jewish, Italian, black and Puerto Rican. But maybe the worst prejudice I experienced was against the poor. ….

For years I've been interested in a fundamental question concerning what I call the psychology of evil: Why is it that good people do evil deeds? I'v….

The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces..

Careers in virtually all academic disciplines are fostered by being a superstar who knows more about one subject than anyone else in the world..

Bullies are often people who are shy and can't make friends easily, so, as the theme of the movie 'A Bronx Tale' tells us, it is better to be feared ….

Bullies may be the perpetrators of evil, but it is the evil of passivity of all those who know what is happening and never intervene that perpetuates….

If you want to change a person, you've got to change the situation..

That human behavior is more influenced by things outside of us than inside. The situation is the external environment. The inner environment is genes….

Bullying is an evil because it not only destroys the life of the kid who's bullied, but also makes everyone in the class who knows this is going on f….

The greatest gift that you can give to others and to yourself is time. Embrace the gift of time whether you give it or receive it..

Heroism is the antidote to evil..

Evil is knowing better, but willingly doing worse..

You are not the same person working alone as you are in a group; in a romantic setting versus an educational one; when you are with close friends or ….

Mama, humanity is my business..

Many cults start off with high ideals that get corrupted by leaders or their board of advisors who become power-hungry and dominate and control membe….

We want to believe we are good, we are different, we are better, or we are superior. But this body of social-psychological research--and there are ob….

One can't live mindfully without being enmeshed in psychological processes that are around us..

We like to think there is this core of human nature – that good people can't do bad things, and that good people will dominate over bad situations. I….