The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
Quotations
Evil
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
-Henry David Thoreau
The proper way to resist evil is to absolutely refuse to do evil either for one’s self or for others.
-Leo Tolstoy
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
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 begins when you begin to treat people as things.
-Terry Pratchett
"I Shall Wear Midnight"
Apologies only account for the evils which they cannot alter.
-Benjamin Disraeli
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
The healthy man does not torture others – generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
-Carl Gustav Jung
I cannot and will not believe that evil is man’s natural state.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
