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
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"
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
-Jonathan Swift
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
-Hannah Arendt
All good people are weak; they are good because they are not strong enough to be evil.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
-Henry David Thoreau
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 healthy man does not torture others – generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
-Carl Gustav Jung
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
