It's not evil that's ruining the earth, but mediocrity. The crime is not that Nero played while Rome burned, but that he… — Ned Rorem Copy Share Image
“He can’t be bad, he can’t. We might both be fucked up, and sure, Des has killed a few people, but he… — Laura Thalassa Copy Share Image
And now, my friends, a dragon's toast! Here's to life's little blessings: war, plagues, and all forms of evil. Their presence keeps… — T.A. Barron Copy Share Image
Men may keep a sort of level of good, but no man has ever been able to keep on one level of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A benevolent mind, and the face assumes the patterns of benevolence. An evil mind, then an evil face. — Jimmy Sangster Copy Share Image
Each one of us has both; good and evil virtues. Those who decide to focus on the good ones succeed in life. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
He who imitates evil always goes beyond the example that is set, On the contrary he who imitates good always falls a… — Jake Roberts Copy Share Image
These kids know so much these days, and are bigger, stronger and quicker mentally. We just have to find out how to… — Raheem Jarbo Copy Share Image
Zoroastrianism is about the opposition of good and evil. For the triumph of good, we have to make a choice. We can… — Rohinton Mistry Copy Share Image
Whatsoever causes no annoyance when it is present, causes only a groundless pain in the expectation. Death, therefore, the most awful of… — Epicurus Copy Share Image
How much education may reconcile young people to pain and sufference, the examples of Sparta do sufficiently shew; and they who have… — John Locke Copy Share Image
Among the myrtles the mantids moved, lightly, carefully, swaying slightly, the quintessence of evil. They were lank and green, with chinless faces… — Gerald Durrell Copy Share Image
The evil genius of terrorism is that that maximizes unfamiliarity, imaginability, suffering, scale of destruction, unfairness. It's really important to understand why… — Amanda Ripley Copy Share Image
For, when the credit of a country is in any degree questionable, it never fails to give on extravagant premium, in one… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
God designs that those whom He sanctifies...shall tarry awhile in this present evil world, that their own experience of temptations may teach… — David Brainerd Copy Share Image
It's an article of faith in Tinseltown: when liberals get mired in scandal, it's because they are tragically flawed; when conservatives get… — James Carafano Copy Share Image
Conscience is called the adversary, because it always opposes our evil will; it reminds us of what we ought to do but… — Dorotheus of Gaza Copy Share Image
The evils of the body are murder, theft, and adultery; of the tongue, lying, slander, abuse and idle talk; of the mind,… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
The usual cause of evil in the world is that at any given time half the people in the world are awake. — Dean Rusk Copy Share Image
Often we combat our evil thoughts most effectively if we absolutely refuse to allow them to be expressed in words.. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
Our minds should not be empty because if they are not preoccupied by good, evil will break in upon them. — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
I had to work harder. I couldn't do the social thing, and play the game the others were playing. I had to… — Charles Walters Copy Share Image
A clear division between good and evil, right and wrong, would simplify everything, but life was rarely simple. — Melissa Marr Copy Share Image
“There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, it doesn't behoove… — Edgar Cayce Copy Share Image
In years to come, he would be a giver of bread, not a stealer - proof again of the contradictory human being.… — Markus Zusak Copy Share Image
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil,… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Some of the evil of my tale may have been inherent in our circumstances. For years we lived anyhow with one another… — T. E. Lawrence Copy Share Image
“One good deed may sometimes lead to another, but it is certain that an evil one will almost inevitably breed its fellow.” — Ernle Dusgate Selby Bradford Copy Share Image
Out of evil comes good, however, and the confusion of tongues gave rise to 'the ancient practice of Masons conversing without the… — A. E. Waite Copy Share Image
We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them,… — Tony Blair Copy Share Image
Often the oppressor goes along unaware of the evil involved in his oppression so long as the oppressed accepts it. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The root of the evil is not the construction of new, more dreadful weapons. It is the spirit of conquest. — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
Bullies may be the perpetrators of evil, but it is the evil of passivity of all those who know what is happening… — Philip Zimbardo Copy Share Image
“How do you measure what’s real, what’s true? How do you stack up all that’s pure against all that’s evil?” — Jennifer Handford Copy Share Image
It's hard to explain exactly what it feels like to be judged. There's a shame to it. Even when you know you're… — Anthony Ray Hinton Copy Share Image
The Gospel is this: You're more sinful, evil and weak than you'd ever believe. But you're more valued, accepted and loved than… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“There was the potential for evil everywhere, and the only way to combat it was if more people chose goodness. If more… — Marissa Meyer Copy Share Image
“What is evil?" asked the younger man. The round web, with its black center, seemed to watch them both. "A web we… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Art is one of the means whereby man seeks to redeem a life which is experienced as chaotic, senseless, and largely evil. — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
