It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
-Henry David Thoreau
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
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
-Mark Twain
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"
The healthy man does not torture others – generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
-Carl Gustav Jung
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"
I ? This is the very root of all evil.
-H.M. Forester
"The Dissidents: A novella"
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
