“The "Lucifer Effect" describes the point in time when an ordinary, normal person first crosses the boundary between good and evil to engage in an evil action. It represents a transformation of human character that is significant in its consequences. Such transformations are more likely to occur in novel settings, in "total situations," where social situational forces are sufficiently powerful to overwhelm, or set aside temporally, personal attributes of morality, compassion, or sense of justice and fair play.” FirstsHumansPersonsPlayCharacterActionEvilForceSocialJusticePowerfulCompassionSituationNovelEffectsMoralityNormalOrdinaryConsequenceFairsCrossesTransformationSignificantBoundariesSettingSettingsGood And EvilAttributesLuciferFair Play Author:Philip Zimbardo
“Society will be obeyed; if you refuse obedience, you must take the consequences. Society has only one law, and that is custom. Even religion itself is socially powerful only just so far as it has custom on its side.” IfsLawSidesPowerfulSocietyConsequenceRefuseObedienceCustoms Book:The Intellectual Life Source: The Intellectual Life
“Another simple and powerful way to dissolve problems is not to dwell upon the outcome of your actions. Instead, learn to value each action (no matter how small or large), to do it with complete attention. Your joy and satisfaction comes from doing each action with a whole heart and mind. Results and consequences then take care of themselves. When you are not absorbed by concern for outcomes, how much anxiety can you ever have?” WayMindHeartMatterWholeProblemCareActionJoyValuesSimpleResultsPowerfulAttentionLearningAnxietyConsequenceConcernSatisfactionTake CareOutcomesHeart And MindPower Of The Mind Author:Brenda Shoshanna
“Chance plays a powerful role in every life - our brains and personalities are just chemical soup, after all; a few drops here or there matter enormously - but consequences often become more serious as income levels go down.” MatterPlayChanceLevelsPowerfulBrainRolesSeriousPersonalityConsequenceIncomeChemicalsSoup Author:Mohsin Hamid
“God works with power, and can make the unwilling willing; if He undertakes the conversion of a soul, it will be converted. All the pious workings of our heart towards God are the fruit and consequence of the powerful working of His grace in us.” IfsHeartSoulPowerfulGraceWillingConsequenceFruitConversionUnwillingPious Author:Thomas Goodwin
“The general public is easy. You don't have to answer to anyone; and as long as you follow the rules of your profession, you needn't worry about the consequences. But the problem with the powerful and rich is that when they are sick, they really want their doctors to cure them.” WantLongProblemEasyAnswersPowerfulWorryRichConsequenceDoctorsSickMedicineProfessionCuresGeneral Public Author:Moliere
“Accept the consequences of your actions in order to become the agent of your mental, physical, spiritual and material success.” ActionSpiritualOrderPowerfulResponsibilityAcceptingMaterialsConsequenceAgentsAccepting Responsibility Author:Les Brown
“The Holocaust illustrates the consequences of prejudice, racism and stereotyping on a society. It forces us to examine the responsibilities of citizenship and confront the powerful ramifications of indifference and inaction.” ForcePowerfulResponsibilityRacismConsequencePrejudiceIndifferenceRacistHolocaustCitizenshipStereotypeInactionRamificationsRacism And Prejudice Author:Tim Holden
“We're seeing that God's word and His principles do work. They may not work overnight but they are powerful and when we apply them in the way He shows us to apply them in life then we're going to see positive consequences.” WayMayShowsPowerfulPrinciplesSeeingConsequence Author:Alex Kendrick
“No matter how frustrated you may feel, there is always a way out. In every situation that arises, we choose to be powerful or powerless. It may not always feel like it, but it is a choice. And there are consequences for these choices in terms of the results we get, and the subsequent increase or decrease in our power and influence. If we choose powerlessness, it is often because we doubt there is any other option.” IfsWayFeelsMayMatterChoicesTermResultsPowerfulSituationDoubtInfluenceConsequenceIncreaseAriseFrustratedPowerlessDecreasePowerlessnessThere Is Always A Way Author:Blaine Lee Pardoe
“The communications revolution has given millions of people both a wider and more detailed understanding of the world. Because of technology, ordinary citizens enjoy access to information that formerly was available only to elites and nation-states. One consequence of this change is that citizens have become acutely conscious of environmental destruction, entrenched poverty, health catastrophes, human rights abuses, failing education systems, and escalating violence. Another consequence is that people possess powerful communication tools to coordinate efforts to attack those problems.” PeopleWorldHumansStatesProblemGivenNationsEnjoyUnderstandingPowerfulEffortEducationPovertyMillionsTechnologyRightsViolenceFailingInformationCommunicationRevolutionCitizensHealthyOrdinaryConsciousConsequenceToolsDestructionAbuseEnvironmentalHuman RightsAvailableAccessElitesCatastropheEducation SystemCoordinatesOrdinary CitizensAccess To InformationEscalatingEnvironmental Destruction Author:David Bornstein
“I do care about the consequences of being negative toward people who are powerful. But I'm more afraid of not being taken seriously as a critic - by editors, by readers.” PeopleCarePowerfulTakenConsequenceNegativeCriticsI Do Care Author:Dan Chiasson
“One of Satan's most deceptive and powerful ways of defeating us is to get us to believe a lie. And the biggest lie is that there are no consequences to our own doing. Satan will give you whatever you ask for if it will lead you where he ultimately wants you.” IfsWayWantGivingBelieveLyingAsksPowerfulConsequenceSatanDeceptive Author:Charles Stanley
“You can't have it both ways. Love is too powerful to hide for very long. Deny it and suffer the consequences. Acknowledge it and suffer the consequences. Revealing it can either be shameful or it can be liberating. It is for others to decide which it will be.” WayLongSufferingLove IsPowerfulConsequenceDenyAcknowledgeRevealingLiberatingShameful Author:Tonya Hurley
“The intelligence suffers today automatically in consequence of the attack on all authority, advantage, or privilege. These things are not done away with, it is needless to say, but numerous scapegoats are made of the less politically powerful, to satisfy the egalitarian rage awakened.” MadeDoneTodaySufferingPowerfulAuthorityConsequenceAdvantagePrivilegeEqualityRageAwakenedScapegoat Book:Wyndham Lewis: an anthology of his prose Source: Wyndham Lewis: an anthology of his prose
“The Interfaith Alliance has to become an ongoing sustaining and powerful movement whose interest is to prove that religion has a healing side as well as a killing side, and that democracy is the consequence of conscience” WellsGodSpiritualitySidesInterestPowerfulHealingDemocracyMovementProveConscienceConsequenceKillingOngoingAlliancesInterfaithSustaining Author:Bill Moyers
“Among the more irritating consequences of our flagrantly religious society is the special dispensation that mainstream religions receive. We all may talk about religion as a powerful social force, but unlike other similarly powerful institutions, religion is not to be questioned, criticized or mocked.” MayForceSocialReligiousPowerfulSpecialConsequenceInstitutionsAtheistPositive AtheismMainstreamIrritating Author:Natalie Angier