A substantial minority of DID patients report sadistic, exploitive, and coercive abuse at the hands of organized groups. Guidelines for Treating Dissociative Identity Disorder in Adults, Third Revision - James A. Chu
There are sadistic scientists who hurry to hunt down errors instead of establishing the truth. - Marie Curie
Even the most sadistic and destructive man is human, as human as the saint. - Erich Fromm
Each time I see a happy face, I see two beautiful minds: the creator and the receiver of happiness. Happiness is not produced or received by non-beautiful minds. A sadistic soul cannot conceive, produce or receive happiness. It is strange to these kinds. - Prinx Maurice
Only the liberation of the natural capacity for love in human beings can master their sadistic destructiveness. - Wilhelm Reich
I'd call him a sadistic, hippophilic necrophile, but that would be beating a dead horse. - Woody Allen
I think there is something beautiful in reveling in sadness. The proof is how beautiful sad songs can be. So I don’t think being sad is to be avoided. It’s apathy and boredom you want to avoid. But feeling anything is good, I think. Maybe that’s sadistic of me. - Joseph Gordon-Levitt