I cannot and will not believe that evil is man’s natural state.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
Quotations
Evil
I never wonder to see men wicked, but I often wonder to see them not ashamed.
-Jonathan Swift
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
-Saint Augustine of Hippo
We can never choose evil. We always choose the good, and nothing can be good for us without being good for all.
-Jean Paul Sartre
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
-Hannah Arendt
I ? This is the very root of all evil.
-H.M. Forester
"The Dissidents: A novella"
There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil.
-Ayn Rand
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
Is evil something you are? Or is it something you do?
-Breet Easton Ellis
"American Psycho"
