The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
Quotations
Evil
Apologies only account for the evils which they cannot alter.
-Benjamin Disraeli
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 lack of money is the root of all evil.
-Mark Twain
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
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"
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
We float in the effulgence of one, scintillating, unseen cosmic energy called the ‘Devi’. She is the life force energy. She wards off all evil.
-Bhanumathi Narasimhan "Bhanumathi Narasimhan"
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
-Jonathan Swift
Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?
-Breet Easton Ellis
"American Psycho"
