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
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
It is a man’s own mind, not his enemy or foe that lures him to evil ways.
-Gautama Buddha
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
I cannot and will not believe that evil is man’s natural state.
-Fyodor M. Dostoevsky
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
All good people are weak; they are good because they are not strong enough to be evil.
-Friedrich Nietzsche
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?
-Ayn Rand
The lack of money is the root of all evil.
-Mark Twain
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"
