#sociopaths

Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears ↗

— Nassim Nicholas Taleb

#liars #manipulation #men-and-women #narcissism #narcissists

These sociopaths,' he said. 'What do they feel like? Inside?' Isabel smiled. 'Unmoved,' she said. 'They feel unmoved. Look at a cat when it does something wrong. It looks quite unmoved. Cats are sociopaths, you see. It's their natural state. ↗

— Alexander McCall Smith

#nature

A sociopath is one who sees others as impersonal objects to be manipulated to fulfill their own narcissistic needs without any regard for the hurtful consequences of their selfish actions. ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#narcissism #r-alan-woods #sociopaths #victims-of-narcissists #abuse

There are sins much more serious than socio-pathologies which really are mental illnesses, whereas self-righteousness is an illness of the soul." ~R. Alan Woods [2013] ↗

— R. Alan Woods

#r-alan-woods #self-righteousness #sins #sociopathology #sociopaths