--- title: "7 Evil Tendency Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Evil Tendency quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Evil Tendency sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2d/john-d-rockefeller-3693_beholder_the-american-beauty-rose-can-be-produced_104180.jpg" --- > [The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-d-rockefeller/the-american-beauty-rose-can-be-produced-in-the-splendor-and/) [John D. Rockefeller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-d-rockefeller/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d2d/john-d-rockefeller-3693_beholder_the-american-beauty-rose-can-be-produced_104180.jpg) > [The beginning of pride and hatred lies in worldly desire, and the strength of your desire if from habit. When an evil…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/the-beginning-of-pride-and-hatred-lies-in-worldly-desire-and-the/) [Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce3/rumi-56_anger_the-beginning-of-pride-and-hatred-lies-i_276786.jpg) > [There are monstrous changes taking place in the world, forces shaping a future whose face we do not know. Some of these…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/there-are-monstrous-changes-taking-place-in-the-world-forces-shaping/) [John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ed/john-steinbeck-71_change_there-are-monstrous-changes-taking-place_656182.jpg) > [There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-pirsig/there-is-an-evil-tendency-underlying-all-our-technology-the-tendency/) [Robert M. Pirsig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-pirsig/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d08/robert-m-pirsig-817_evil_there-is-an-evil-tendency-underlying-all_789977.png) > [Evil tendency, strong like Miles Davis heroin dependency.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chino-xl/evil-tendency-strong-like-miles-davis-heroin-dependency/) [Chino XL](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chino-xl/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/65a/chino-xl-43327_dependency_evil-tendency-strong-like-miles-davis-he_1148322.jpg) > [“As per the Indian philosophy of the Upanishads, the source of evil is one’s ego-sense –Ahankara—which differentiates oneself from the other selves.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/awdhesh-singh/as-per-the-indian-philosophy-of-the-upanishads-the-source-of-evil-is/) [Awdhesh Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/awdhesh-singh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/awdhesh-singh-13704_evil_as-per-the-indian-philosophy-of-the-upan_2521072.jpg) > [ Its \[Communism's\] unfortunate association with violence encourages a certain evil tendency in human beings. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jawaharlal-nehru/its-communism-s-unfortunate-association-with-violence-encourages-a/) [Jawaharlal Nehru](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jawaharlal-nehru/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/35d/jawaharlal-nehru-2391_association_its-communism-s-unfortunate-association_2634679.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil-tendency/#itemlist", "name": "Evil Tendency Quotes", "numberOfItems": 7, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it. 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