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 confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
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
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
-Ayn Rand
I ? This is the very root of all evil.
-H.M. Forester
"The Dissidents: A novella"
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
-Jonathan Swift
We float in the effulgence of one, scintillating, unseen cosmic energy called the ‘Devi’. She is the life force energy. She wards off all evil.
-Bhanumathi Narasimhan "Bhanumathi Narasimhan"
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
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
