God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
Quotations
Evil
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.
-Terry Pratchett
"I Shall Wear Midnight"
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
-Hannah Arendt
The proper way to resist evil is to absolutely refuse to do evil either for one’s self or for others.
-Leo Tolstoy
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
The healthy man does not torture others – generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
-Carl Gustav Jung
Make haste in doing good; check your mind from evil; for the mind of him who is slow in doing meritorious actions delights in evil.
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada"
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
We can never choose evil. We always choose the good, and nothing can be good for us without being good for all.
-Jean Paul Sartre
