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Since [narcissists] deep down, feel themselves to be faultless, it is inevitable that when they are in conflict with the world they will invariably perceive the conflict as the world's fault. since they must deny their own badness, they must perceive others as bad. they project their own evil onto the world. they never think of themselves as evil, on the other hand, they consequently see much evil in others.
-M. Scott Peck
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Since [narcissists] Deep Down, Feel Themselves To

M. Scott Peck
Since [narcissists] deep down, feel themselves to be faultless, it is inevitable that when they are in conflict with the world they will invariably perceive the conflict as the world's fault. since they must deny their own badness, they must perceive others as bad. they project their own evil onto the world. they never think of themselves as evil, on the other hand, they consequently see much evil in others.
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