Books Quote by Henry James

Make him [the reader] think the evil, make him think it for himself, and you are released from weak specifications.

— Henry James

Only a writer who has the sense of evil can make goodness readable.

— E. M. Forster

I seek no values by means of evil, nor do I surrender my values to evil.

— John Galt

One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good…

— Maimonides

“When getting my nose in a book Cured most things short of school, It was worth ruining my eyes To know I could still…

— Philip Larkin

Good and evil lie close together. Seek no artistic unity in character.

— Lord Acton

“The concept of good versus evil is a handy construct for framing a narrative. When you see someone applying that concept to real-world events,…

— Stewart Stafford

An evil man is a saint of the future. See good in everything. Destroy the evil-finding quality. Develop the good-finding quality. Rise above good…

— Sivananda

“Whether a character is good or evil depends on your perspective.”

— Steve Jones Snr

The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in whose light…

— Jacob Bronowski

“Evil possesses an instinct for theater, which is why, in an era of gaudy and gifted media, evil may vastly magnify its damage by…

— Lance Morrow

“...our literature has fallen upon evil days...Read the latest book. What do you find? Simple anecdotes: murder, suicide and accident stories copied right out…

— J.K. Huysmans