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 proper way to resist evil is to absolutely refuse to do evil either for one’s self or for others.
-Leo Tolstoy
The healthy man does not torture others – generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
-Carl Gustav Jung
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 sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
-Hannah Arendt
Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.
-Terry Pratchett
"I Shall Wear Midnight"
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 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
