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"
Quotations
Evil
-Dhammapada "Dhammapada"
The proper way to resist evil is to absolutely refuse to do evil either for one’s self or for others.
-Leo Tolstoy
Has a man the right to kill himself? Yes, if his death harms no one and if life is an evil to him.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
All good people are weak; they are good because they are not strong enough to be evil.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
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
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
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
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
-Henry David Thoreau
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"
