When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
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"
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"
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?
-Breet Easton Ellis
"American Psycho"
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
-Mark Twain
I cannot and will not believe that evil is man’s natural state.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
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"
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
