We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.
Eric HofferExcesses are essentially gestures. It is easy to be extremely cruel, magnanimous, humble or self-sacrificing when we see ourselves as actors in a performance.
Eric HofferSocial improvement is attained more readily by a concern with the quality of results than with the purity of motives.
Eric Hoffer