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“Even famous people - are most concerned of all with what people who are close to them think. And the sociopath is generally not concerned with that at all.”

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Martha Stout

Martha Stout is an American psychologist known for her research on psychological manipulation and antisocial personality disorder. Born in 1953, she graduated from Harvard University with a Ph.D. in psychology. Dr. Stout's work delves into the complexities of human psychology, particularly the behavior patterns and psychological mechanisms of individuals who excel in psychological manipulation and deception. more

“People ask me many times, "Aren't you afraid you're going to scare people? Aren't you afraid you're going to make people feel bad about the human race?" I look at it as entirely the opposite. Something you can understand and identify should be less frightening than something you can't. And to understand that there are people who are capable of acting without conscience, without considering other people at all, explains a lot of things.”

People Acting Capable Conscience Ask Me Scare Frightening

Author:Martha Stout

“People ask, "What could possibly cause a normal person to torture her own child?" Well, the answer is: Nothing could cause a normal person to torture their own child. The reason that we see that happening is that there are people who don't care, who don't love - even their own children.”

People Children Reason Care Torture

Author:Martha Stout

“Some parts of the population are starting to realize that character is extremely important and that it cannot be measured by the things we like to measure it by: the tabloids and so forth. Character is crucially important to a leader, to be a moral leader, and we'd better make it primary on our list or we're going to keep getting more of the same.”

Important Character Realizing Leader Moral

Author:Martha Stout

“A man may learn from his Bible to be a more thorough gentleman than if he had been brought up in all the drawing-rooms in London.”

Ifs Men May Rooms London Drawing Gentleman Thorough

Book:The Water Babies