It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
Quotations
Evil
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
The proper way to resist evil is to absolutely refuse to do evil either for one’s self or for others.
-Leo Tolstoy
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
-Hannah Arendt
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
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
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
I ? This is the very root of all evil.
-H.M. Forester
"The Dissidents: A novella"
All good people are weak; they are good because they are not strong enough to be evil.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
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"
