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"
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
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
-Ayn Rand
The proper way to resist evil is to absolutely refuse to do evil either for one’s self or for others.
-Leo Tolstoy
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
All good people are weak; they are good because they are not strong enough to be evil.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
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"
