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
I cannot and will not believe that evil is man’s natural state.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
All good people are weak; they are good because they are not strong enough to be evil.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
The healthy man does not torture others – generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
-Carl Gustav Jung
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
The proper way to resist evil is to absolutely refuse to do evil either for one’s self or for others.
-Leo Tolstoy
Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?
-Breet Easton Ellis
"American Psycho"
