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"
Quotations
Evil
-Proverbs "Indic proverb"
I cannot and will not believe that evil is man’s natural state.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
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"
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
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
-Hannah Arendt
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"
When is life an evil? When it offers a man nothing but suffering and pain.
-Napoleon Bonaparte
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
The healthy man does not torture others – generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers.
-Carl Gustav Jung
The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
