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"
Quotations
Evil
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 sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
-Hannah Arendt
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
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.
-Terry Pratchett
"I Shall Wear Midnight"
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
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
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
-Mark Twain
