Evil Quotes

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Until philosophers rule as kings or those who are now called kings and leading men genuinely and adequately philosophise, that is, until political power and… — Plato
He harms himself who does harm to another, and the evil plan is most harmful to the planner. — Hesiod
A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it — Hesiod
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace. — Herodotus
What is evil? Killing is evil, lying is evil, slandering is evil, abuse is evil, gossip is evil, envy is evil, hatred is evil, to… — Gautama Buddha
Premature optimization is the root of all evil in programming. — Tony Hoare
Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable. — E. M. Forster
Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity. — Xunzi
Mankind fears an evil man but heaven does not. — Mencius
Pain is no evil, unless it conquers us. — Charles Kingsley
Evil acts of the past are never rectified by evil acts of the present. — Lyndon B. Johnson
The Soviet Union is the focus of evil in the modern world. — Ronald Reagan
The glory of this land has been its capacity for transcending the moral evils of our past. For example, the long struggle of minority citizens… — Ronald Reagan
God knows that I detest slavery, but it is an existing evil, for which we are not responsible, and we must endure it, till we… — Millard Fillmore
We asked for God's help; and now, in this shining outcome, in this magnificent triumph of good over evil, we should thank God. — George H. W. Bush
Do you say that religion is still needed? Then I answer that Work, Study, Health and Love constitute religion. . . . Most formal religions… — Elbert Hubbard
When happiness is actually in possession, the thought of evil can no more acquire the feeling of reality than the thought of good can gain… — William James
I don't know where hell is ... another dimension, perhaps, or another plane of reality. As for getting there ... it's a choice between sinning… — Alan Grant
It is a symbol evoking a reality that touches the depths of the person ... the light of goodness that vanquishes evil, of love that… — Pope Benedict XVI
A man asked Muhammad what was the mark whereby he might know the reality of his faith. Muhammad said, 'If thou derive pleasure from the… — Muhammad
It is the law of our humanity that man must know good through evil. No great principle ever triumphed but through much evil. No man… — Frederick William Robertson
Our strength lies in spiritual concepts. It lies in public sensitivities to evil. Our greatest danger is not from invading armies. Our dangers are that… — Herbert Hoover
Contemplation does not ignore the 'historical Gethsemane', does not ignore the mystery of evil, guilt and its bloody atonement. The happiness of contemplation is a… — Josef Pieper
It is our choice of good or evil that determines our character, not our opinion about good or evil. — Aristotle
The human psyche has two great sicknesses: the urge to carry vendetta across generations, and the tendency to fasten group labels on people rather than… — Richard Dawkins

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