Apologies only account for the evils which they cannot alter.
-Benjamin Disraeli
Quotations
Evil
Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?
-Breet Easton Ellis
"American Psycho"
I cannot and will not believe that evil is man’s natural state.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
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
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.
-Terry Pratchett
"I Shall Wear Midnight"
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"
The proper way to resist evil is to absolutely refuse to do evil either for one’s self or for others.
-Leo Tolstoy
All good people are weak; they are good because they are not strong enough to be evil.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
