Robert Jay LiftonEvery adult in the world has some sense that he or she might be obliterated at any time by these weapons that we have created.332Time
Robert Jay LiftonBut when I went to Hiroshima and began to study or just listen to people's descriptions of their work, it was quite clear they were talking about death all the time, about people … ▶332DeathHumanityTime
Robert Jay LiftonAgain, I was influenced by my father, who was very much an atheist and took pride in combating the traditional or orthodox forms of Judaism, which his parents and which my mother'… ▶324Life
Robert Jay LiftonSometimes its said that psychiatrists are doctors who are frightened by the sight of blood. I might have fallen into that category.307Time
Robert Jay LiftonIn sum, doubling is the psychological means by which one invokes the evil potential of the self. That evil is neither inherent in the self nor foreign to it. To live out the doubl… ▶299Humanity
Robert Jay LiftonOne reason that I embarked on a study of Nazi doctors was that in this personal journey, I had the feeling increasingly that I did want to do a Holocaust study and that increasing… ▶267Thought
Robert Jay LiftonAnd I was troubled by the heavy-handed prose of so much psychoanalytic writing, which seemed drowned in its own concepts. ✨ Robert Jay Lifton (2011). Witness to an Extreme C… ▶212Reading
Robert Jay LiftonDavid Frankfurter's valuable, well-written study takes us to the far reaches of demonology. In documenting the harm done by labeling others evil, he poses a challenge to those of … ▶247Thought
Robert Jay LiftonAnd I managed to arrange to get some research support and to stay in Hong Kong for another year and a half, interviewing people coming out of China, both Westerners and Chinese. A… ▶247HumanityThought
Robert Jay LiftonI never quite envisioned myself a proper doctor under that white coat, but I was interested in the idea of healing and in the psychological dimension rather early on.259Thought
Robert Jay LiftonI learned a lot from Vietnam veterans, especially as some of them turned against their own war.156Love
