We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and for the same reason that psychologists study… — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
Evil is relative - and what I mean by that is that our villains are as complex, as deep and as compelling… — Geoff Johns Copy Share Image
Rastafarianism and reggae music have always kind of resonated with me. Those ideas of redemption, liberation and overcoming oppression through music, weed… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
“Favorite Quotations. I speak my mind because it hurts to bite my tongue. The worth of a book is measured by what… — Pat Frayne Copy Share Image
And when you say the policies are what caused this war - American policies - that's not to say that they're wrong.… — Michael Scheuer Copy Share Image
There's no one silver bullet, but money really is the root of all evil. The single biggest problem is how much more… — Tom Harkin Copy Share Image
Salomé, Salomé, dance for me. I pray thee dance for me. I am sad to-night. Yes, I am passing sad to-night. When… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
How much reverence has a noble man for his enemies!--and such reverence is a bridge to love.--For he desires his enemy for… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“Never violate a woman, nor harm a child. Do not lie, cheat or steal. These things are for lesser men. Protect the… — David Gemmell Copy Share Image
The idea of direct action against the evil that you want to overcome is a kind of common denominator for anarchist ideas… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
Good and evil and beauty and ugliness are only ornamental fruits of perspective, whose sole value lies in their linkage to what… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
Another of the strange and evil tendencies of the present day is the decoration of the railroad station... There was never more… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
This society in which we live is radically changing. What previous generations saw as evil is now embraced as being good. It… — Ray Comfort Copy Share Image
I think it's been hard for people to understand how Islam can be a good religion, and yet the Islamists are evil.… — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
Being desirable means being comfortable with your own ambiguity. The most ambiguous reality is that we are flesh and spirit at the… — Rumi Copy Share Image
Above all, creators remain drawn to the age-old paradoxes that philosophy grapples with [and]...that art occasionally resolves...the problem of the one and… — Frank Barron Copy Share Image
“There is no possible way for the average human mind to grasp it; the totality of the evil. It involves everyone; it… — Austin Dragon Copy Share Image
A single assembly will never be a steady guardian of the laws, if Machiavel is right, when he says, Men are never… — John Adams Copy Share Image
That by desiring what is perfectly good, even when we don't quite know what it is and cannot do what we would,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
In reality, good and evil do not exist, because Divine Providence created nothing that is bad and disharmonious; this is only a… — Franz Bardon Copy Share Image
What is meant by charity? Charity is not fundamental. It is really helping on the misery of the world, not eradicating it.… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“Evil exists," he says, not flinching at the word. "I believe that what the rich have done to the poor people in… — Jonathan Kozol Copy Share Image
“I almost told her everything right then. I wanted to tell her about the Wolves, and how I was supposed to hate… — Neal Shusterman Copy Share Image
“But why? Why did you do the evil things you did?' Billy asks suddenly. 'Ah, because I could not imagine consequences,' the… — Joe Meno Copy Share Image
It's no secret that the Democrat Party considers the American military to be the focus of evil in the modern world. So… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
We've used derivatives for many, many years. I don't think derivatives are evil, per se, I think they are dangerous. ...So we… — Warren Buffett Copy Share Image
It’s not easy to find old-school journalism in true crime … yet with Lethal Intent, author Sue Russell proves how integrity, tenacity,… — M. William Phelps Copy Share Image
Most of us have learned to be dispassionate about evil, to look it in the face and find, as often as not,… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Free will appears unfettered, deliberate; it is boundlessly free, wandering, the spirit. But fate is a necessity; unless we believe that world… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
“... in old days when the struggle between good and evil was more bitter and open than it is now. That struggle… — Susan Cooper Copy Share Image
Visualization is often used for evil - twisting insignificant data changes and making them look meaningful. Don't do that crap if you… — John Tukey Copy Share Image
I happen to think that Jesus was the greatest hero of all time. I don't think you could invent that kind of… — Frank Capra Copy Share Image
There are plenty of good reasons for fighting...but no good reason to ever hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty hates… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
Those who hope for purity and righteousness always try and destroy that which disturbs them. They think the disturbance comes from outside… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
“Darknesse and light divide the course of time, and oblivion snares with memory, a great part even of our living beings; we… — Thomas Browne Copy Share Image
This is a world that is much more uncertain than the past. In the past we were certain, we were certain it… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Over and over again, people had to disobey lawful authority to follow the voice of their conscience. This obedience to God and… — Dorothy Day Copy Share Image
Wine is the source of the greatest evils among communities. It causes diseases, quarrels, seditions, idleness, aversion to labor, and family disorders.… — Francois Fenelon Copy Share Image
Life is short and the time of death is uncertain; so apply yourself to meditation. Avoid doing evil, and acquire merit, to… — Milarepa Copy Share Image
The most curious social convention of the great age in which we live is the one to the effect that religious opinions… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image