Apologies only account for the evils which they cannot alter.
-Benjamin Disraeli
Quotations
Evil
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
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 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 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"
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
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"
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
-Henry David Thoreau
