The way to overcome the angry man is with gentleness, the evil man with goodness, the miser with generosity and the liar with truth.
-Proverbs "Indic proverb"
Quotations
Evil
-Proverbs "Indic proverb"
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
-Henry David Thoreau
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
-Mark Twain
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
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 proper way to resist evil is to absolutely refuse to do evil either for one’s self or for others.
-Leo Tolstoy
Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.
-Terry Pratchett
"I Shall Wear Midnight"
All good people are weak; they are good because they are not strong enough to be evil.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?
-Breet Easton Ellis
"American Psycho"
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
-Jonathan Swift
