I cannot and will not believe that evil is man’s natural state.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
Quotations
Evil
If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.
-Epicurus
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
I ? This is the very root of all evil.
-H.M. Forester
"The Dissidents: A novella"
The proper way to resist evil is to absolutely refuse to do evil either for one’s self or for others.
-Leo Tolstoy
All good people are weak; they are good because they are not strong enough to be evil.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?
-Breet Easton Ellis
"American Psycho"
People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil... Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.
-Anne Rice
"Interview with the Vampire"
Evil men sprout like weeds in the sun, like weeds that spread all through the garden. Their roots wrap round the stones and hold fast to every rock.
-Jesus Christ
