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Quotes About Evil

El demonio existe, no sólo como símbolo del mal, sino como realidad física...» ¿Le gusta? Pues lo escribió un papa, Pablo VI. En 1974.
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Later, with time, I learned that although all men are capable of good and evil, the worst among them are those who, when they commit evil, do so by shielding themselves in the authority of others, in their subordination, or in the excuse of following orders. And even worse are those who believe they are justified by their God.
~ Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Love of money, he said, was the root of all evil. That was in the New Testament. In Saint Paul's letters to Timothy, if one wanted to be precise.
~ Ashley Gardner
The indifference, callousness, and contempt that so many people exhibit toward animals is evil first because it results in great suffering towards animals, and second because it results in an incalculably great impoverishment of human spirit.
~ Ashley Montagu
To do good is difficult. One who does good first does something hard to do. I have done many good deeds, and, if my sons, grandsons and their descendants up to the end of the world act in like manner, they too will do much good. But whoever amongst them neglects this, they will do evil. Truly, it is easy to do evil.
~ Ashoka the Great
Those who won't accept evil never get anything good.
~ August Strindberg
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
~ Augustine of Hippo
O silêncio dos omissos é combustível para a vilania dos canalhas
~ Augusto Cury
Él se había alejado de su casa a los once años para «descubrir el mundo»; pero ésa y sucesivas experiencias lo pusieron en camino de descubrir que en el mundo no hay nada peor que la maldad humana.
~ Augusto Roa Bastos
The last six years afforded me much time and food for thought. I came to the conclusion that the human race is not divided into two opposing camps of good and evil. It is made up of those who are capable of learning and those who are incapable of doing so.
~ Aung San Suu Kyi
Many things are worse than defeat,and compromise with evil is one of them.
~ Author Unknown
You should have known The price of evil And it hurts to know that you belong here Yeah No one to call Everybody to fear Your tragic fate is looking so clear Yeah Oooooooh It's your fucking nightmare -Nightmare
~ Avenged Sevenfold
The Islamic Republic is proud to be the target of the rage of the world's greatest Satan. in response to George W. Bush's assertion of Iran as part of an axis of evil
~ Ayatullah Khamenei
The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.
~ Ayn Rand
It is the goal of law to protect the vulnerable against the predator and the exploiter, but the law cannot eradicate evil from the human heart.
~ Åžeyla Benhabib
Opposition without love leads to violence; loving the wrong-doer without opposing the evil in him is folly and leads to misery.
~ B. K. S. Iyengar
Hence the duty of the good citizen who is free from the responsibility of Government is to be a watchdog upon it, lest Government impair the fundamental objects which it exists to serve. It is a necessary evil, thus requiring constant watchfulness and check.
~ B.H. Liddell Hart
It is only the power of discretion to distinguish between good and evil that makes a man out of his beastly inclinations.
~ B.K. Chaturvedi
Between the wicked and the snake, the snake is less evil because it stings once while the wicked stings on every step.
~ B.K. Chaturvedi
The seeker should have faith in himself and in his master. He should have faith that God is ever by his side and that no evil can touch him. As faith springs up in the heart it dries out lust, ill-will, mental sloth, spiritual pride and doubt, and the heart freed from these hindrances becomes serene and untroubled.
~ B.K.S. Iyengar
It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding, when it can hold men's hearts by hopes, when it cannot by satisfaction; and when it can handle things, in such manner, as no evil shall appear so peremptory, but that it hath some outlet of hope; which is the less hard to do, because both particular persons and factions, are apt enough to flatter themselves, or at least to brave that, which they believe not.
~ bacon francis iii
A man that hath no virtue in himself, ever envieth virtue in others. For men's minds, will either feed upon their own good, or upon others' evil; and who wanteth the one, will prey upon the other; and whoso is out of hope, to attain to another's virtue, will seek to come at even hand, by depressing another's fortune.
~ bacon francis xviii
They say that it is a pity, the devil should have God's part, which is the tithe.
~ bacon francis xx
Corrupt fantasy points us, or forms us, in a consciousness that can lead to thinking that evil is good and good is evil. In the worst case, this may have long range effects, prompting the reader intuitively, subconsciously, to do evil while thinking they're doing good.
~ Michael O'Brien