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
Quotations
Evil
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
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
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"
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
-Hannah Arendt
Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?
-Breet Easton Ellis
"American Psycho"
Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.
-Terry Pratchett
"I Shall Wear Midnight"
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"
