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"
I cannot and will not believe that evil is man’s natural state.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
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 a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
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
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 confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
-Henry David Thoreau
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
The proper way to resist evil is to absolutely refuse to do evil either for one’s self or for others.
-Leo Tolstoy
