Laura London on Substack

Vic claimed all men were a pack of liars but that those capable of leading – the men who could fool other men – were the worst kind.

There’s never been a true war that wasn’t fought between two sets of people who were certain they were in the right. The really dangerous people believe that they are doing whatever they are doing solely and only because it is without question the right thing to do. And that is what makes them dangerous.”

“A saint is one until he or she knows it.”

we’re especially vulnerable to irrationality when the ‘facts’ in question serve to boost or threaten the heroic story we tell of ourselves.

dangerous delusions: entitlement, control, and paranoia.