Philip Zimbardo Quotes

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

‘I’m saying to be a hero is means you step across the line and are willing to make a sacrifice, so heroes always are making a sacrifice. Heroes always take a risk. Heroes always deviant. Heroes always doing something that most people don’t and we want to change – I want to democratise heroism to say any of us can be a hero.’ – Philip Zimbardo

‘Situational variables can exert powerful influences over human behavior, more so that we recognize or acknowledge.’ – Philip Zimbardo

‘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 such abuse.’ – Philip Zimbardo

‘Human behavior is incredibly pliable, plastic.’ – Philip Zimbardo

‘That human behavior is more influenced by things outside of us than inside. The ‘situation’ is the external environment. The inner environment is genes, moral history, religious training.’ – Philip Zimbardo

‘Evil is knowing better, but willingly doing worse.’ – Philip Zimbardo

‘What happens when good people are put into an evil place? Do they triumph or does the situation dominate their past history and morality?’ – Philip Zimbardo

‘At North Hollywood High School, I was shunned by everyone. I would sit down in the cafeteria, and students would get up from the table and walk away. They thought I was from the Mafia.’ – Philip Zimbardo

‘Academic success depends on research and publications.’ – Philip Zimbardo