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
Quotations
Evil
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 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"
The proper way to resist evil is to absolutely refuse to do evil either for one’s self or for others.
-Leo Tolstoy
The healthy man does not torture others – generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
-Carl Gustav Jung
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
-Jonathan Swift
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
All good people are weak; they are good because they are not strong enough to be evil.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
-Hannah Arendt
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
