Evil Quotes

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Pleasure is the greatest incentive to evil. — Plato
Knowledge becomes evil if the aim be not virtuous. — Plato
Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil. — Plato
... Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil, for you are with me...Surely goodness and love… — Moses
The judgment: You are now before Yama, King of the Dead. In vain will you try to...deny or conceal the evil deeds you have done.… — Gautama Buddha
Until philosophers are kings, or the kings and princes of this world have the spirit and power of philosophy, and political greatness and wisdom meet… — Plato
Remember our words, then, and whatever is your aim let virtue be the condition of the attainment of your aim, and know that without this… — Plato
Man's want of original righteousness and of holy affections toward God, and the corruption of his moral nature and his bias toward evil is called… — Henry Clarence Thiessen
Gossip and rumor are evil; easy to lift up, heavy to carry, and hard to put down again. — Hesiod
A club hurts the flesh, but evil words hurt the bone. — Matthew Polly
Of all the things of a man's soul which he has within him, justice is the greatest good and injustice the greatest evil. — Plato
The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it. — Publilius Syrus
Let us not esteem worldly prosperity or adversity as things real or of any moment, but let us live elsewhere, and raise all our attention… — Gregory of Nazianzus
Half-instructed confessors have done my soul great harm; for I could not always have such learned ones as I would have desired. They certainly did… — Teresa of Avila
I once heard a spiritual man say that he was not so much astonished at the things done by a soul in mortal sin as… — Teresa of Avila
When an evil-doer, seeing you practise goodness, comes and maliciously insults you, you should patiently endure it and not feel angry with him, for the… — Gautama Buddha
Evil-doers who denounce the wise resemble a person who spits against the sky; the spittle will never reach the sky, but comes down on himself.… — Gautama Buddha
When a man makes utensils out of a metal which has been thoroughly cleansed of dross, the utensils will be excellent. You monks, who wish… — Gautama Buddha
There is but one evil, ignorance. — Socrates
For though a man should be a complete unbeliever in the being of gods; if he also has a native uprightness of temper, such persons… — Plato

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