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
I cannot and will not believe that evil is man’s natural state.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
-Ayn Rand
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
Has a man the right to kill himself? Yes, if his death harms no one and if life is an evil to him.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
Apologies only account for the evils which they cannot alter.
-Benjamin Disraeli
Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.
-Terry Pratchett
"I Shall Wear Midnight"
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
-Mark Twain
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
-Hannah Arendt
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
