"Evil is not power; it is ignorance and…" — James Allen

"Evil is not power; it is ignorance and misuse of good."

— James Allen

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97 Quotes by James Allen

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A man sooner or later discovers that he is the master-gardener of his soul, the director of his life.
A man has to learn that he cannot command things, but that he can command himself; that he cannot coerce…
No duty is more urgent than that of returning thanks.
The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow…
The greatest achievement was at first and for a time a dream. The oak sleeps in the acorn, the bird…
Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves; they therefore remain bound.
Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain…
Man is made or unmade by himself. By the right choice he ascends. As a being of power, intelligence, and…
A man is not rightly conditioned until he is a happy, healthy, and prosperous being; and happiness, health, and prosperity…
They who have conquered doubt and fear have conquered failure.
The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind…

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Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite… — Hannah Arendt
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good… — Hannah Arendt
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye. — Aristotle
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil… — Aristotle
The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to… — Chester A. Arthur
Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings! — Mackenzie Astin
Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good. — Wystan Hugh Auden
The greatest evil is physical pain. — Saint Augustine
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he… — Saint Augustine
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine

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