It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
-Henry David Thoreau
Quotations
Evil
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
-Mark Twain
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
-Hannah Arendt
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
-Ayn Rand
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"
Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.
-Terry Pratchett
"I Shall Wear Midnight"
If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.
-Epicurus
Apologies only account for the evils which they cannot alter.
-Benjamin Disraeli
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
