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
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
We float in the effulgence of one, scintillating, unseen cosmic energy called the ‘Devi’. She is the life force energy. She wards off all evil.
-Bhanumathi Narasimhan "Bhanumathi Narasimhan"
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
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
I ? This is the very root of all evil.
-H.M. Forester
"The Dissidents: A novella"
The proper way to resist evil is to absolutely refuse to do evil either for one’s self or for others.
-Leo Tolstoy
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
