I cannot and will not believe that evil is man’s natural state.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
Quotations
Evil
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
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
-Jonathan Swift
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
-Ayn Rand
All good people are weak; they are good because they are not strong enough to be evil.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
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"
Apologies only account for the evils which they cannot alter.
-Benjamin Disraeli
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
