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"
Quotations
Evil
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
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
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
-Henry David Thoreau
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
-Mark Twain
All good people are weak; they are good because they are not strong enough to be evil.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.
-Terry Pratchett
"I Shall Wear Midnight"
We can never choose evil. We always choose the good, and nothing can be good for us without being good for all.
-Jean Paul Sartre
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 confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
