I cannot and will not believe that evil is man’s natural state.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
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"
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
-Jonathan Swift
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
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
Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.
-Terry Pratchett
"I Shall Wear Midnight"
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
-Ayn Rand
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
-Hannah Arendt
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
