It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
-Henry David Thoreau
Quotations
Evil
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"
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
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"
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
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
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
The healthy man does not torture others – generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
-Carl Gustav Jung
