Quote by Philip Zimbardo
Heroes are those who can somehow resist the power of the situation

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 demean others when they easily can. – Philip Zimbardo

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What troubles me is the Internet and the electronic technology revolution. Shyness is fueled in part by so many people spending huge amounts of time alone, isolated on e-mail, in chat rooms, which reduces their face-to-face contact with other people. – Philip Zimbardo

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My early childhood prepared me to be a social psychologist. I grew up in a South Bronx ghetto in a very poor family. From Sicilian origin, I was the first person in my family to complete high school, let alone go to college. – Philip Zimbardo

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Whenever we seek to avoid the responsibility for our own behavior, we do so by attempting to give that responsibility to some other individual or organization or entity. But this means we then give away our power to that entity. – M. Scott Peck

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The reward of one duty is the power to fulfill another. – George Eliot

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Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality. – Edgar Allan Poe

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The greatness of a mans power is the measure of his surrender. – William Booth

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