The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
Quotations
Evil
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
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
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"
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
-Henry David Thoreau
Apologies only account for the evils which they cannot alter.
-Benjamin Disraeli
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
-Ayn Rand
Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?
-Breet Easton Ellis
"American Psycho"
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
-Mark Twain
