Nature of man Quote by Dew Platt

“There is mingled good and evil in all the events and governments of this world, and good often arises side by side with or…

— M. Guizot

“...given the behaviour of human beings throughout the ages, they do not deserve life, with its many dark sides, in all its beauty, grandeur…

— José Saramago

“One makes a great error if one believes there are 'ancients.' Only now is antiquity starting to arise. It arises in the eyes and…

— Novalis

“It seems that, once introduced into public life, evil easily perpetuates itself, whereas good is always difficult, rare, and fragile. And yet possible.”

— Tzvetan Todorov

“The human longing for God or the transcendent runs very deep—perhaps far too deep to be trusted, but also too deep to treat as…

— David Bentley Hart

“In this world, there is no absolute good, no absolute evil. Good and evil are not fixed stable entities but are continually trading places.…

— Haruki Murakami

“... in old days when the struggle between good and evil was more bitter and open than it is now. That struggle goes on…

— Susan Cooper

“Unfortunately, evil will never be wholly defeated.Mankind is faced with a continual struggle against evil. We believe that this is where the meaning of…

— Alija Izetbegović

“If we lived long enough to see the results of our actions, it may be that those who call themselves good would be sickened…

— Oscar Wilde - The Critic as Artist

“Anyone who studies present and ancient affairs will easily see how in all cities and all peoples there still exist, and have always existed,…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Fortunately, as human history has shown, it is not unusual for good to come of evil, less is said about the evil that can…

— Jose Saramago

Somewhere there is an ancient enmity between our daily life and the great work. Help me in saying it, to understand it.

— Rainer Maria Rilke