The Lucifer Principle Quotes

“Of such rejected pieces of ourselves are our devils made.”
― Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle : A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

“Humans need to vigorously pursue goals, to wrestle with problems, and to master them. They need much of what has been popularly interpreted as stress.”
― Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

“Good times can be just as damaging to peace here in the United States. When the economy goes up, murders do not go down, they rise.”
― Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

“Superorganism, ideas, and the pecking order—these are the primary forces behind much of human creativity and earthly good. They are the holy trinity of the Lucifer Principle.”
― Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle : A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

“The individual is a cell in the social superorganism. When he feels he is no longer necessary to the larger group, he, too, begins to wither away. As”
― Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle : A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

“Progress is possible only when people believe in the possibilities of growth and change. Races or tribes die out not just when they are conquered and suppressed but when they accept their defeated condition, become despairing, and lose their excitement about the future. Norman Cousins Americans”
― Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle : A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

“An equality of nation will never exist in our lifetime. Why? Because peace, freedom, and justice are deceptive concepts. Hidden beneath their surface are the instincts of the peking order.”
― Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

“Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds. Henry Adams”
― Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle : A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

“There are no righteous societies; there are simply different degrees of depravity. To”
― Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle : A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

“How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! . . . For thou hast said in thine heart, I will ascend into heaven, I will exalt my throne above the stars of God. . . . I will ascend above the heights of the clouds; I will be like the Most High. Isaiah 14:12–14”
― Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle : A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

“Spit me out, says the meme, and you will tempt a fate worse than death.317”
― Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle : A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

“Terrified humans by the score allow unprovable concepts to take up residence in their skulls.”
― Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle : A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

“Memes have an ultimate ambition: taking vast chunks of the world into their possession and restructuring it according to their form.”
― Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle : A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History

“The modern growth of Islam is the coalescence of a superorganism drawn together by the magnetic attraction of a meme. But this meme has an advantage: The social body it is trying to pull together has existed as a unified social beast in the past. The old reflexes of solidarity are still there, waiting to be aroused. The meme of the new Islam is not laboring to generate a small and fragile embryo. It is simply attempting to awaken a sleeping giant. VIOLENCE IN SOUTH AMERICA AND AFRICA”
― Howard Bloom, The Lucifer Principle : A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History