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
Quotations
Evil
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
-Hannah Arendt
Has a man the right to kill himself? Yes, if his death harms no one and if life is an evil to him.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
-Henry David Thoreau
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
-Ayn Rand
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
-Jonathan Swift
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
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"
