Defiance Quote by Julian Hawthorne

“There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil—a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome”

— Jane Austen

“Whenever evil befalls us, we ought to ask ourselves, after the first suffering, how we can turn it into good. So shall we take…

— Leigh Hunt

“Nature is evil. Nature is conflict, violence, betrayal; worms that crawl through the skin and breen in the gut; thorns that poison; snakes that…

— Donna Boyd

“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

“And strange it is That nature must compel us to lament Our most persisted deeds.”

— William Shakespeare

“Situations can change; people can change. Be the first to seek to bring good. Do not grow accustomed to evil, but defeat it with…

— Pope Francis

“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

“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

“We prepare ourselves for sudden deeds by the reiterated choice of good or evil which gradually determines character.”

— George Eliot

“It was becoming evident to many that while evil grows all by itself, good can be achieved only through hard struggle and maintained only…

— Heda Margolius Kovaly

“They understand not only evil, it seemed, but the extravagance of tricks with which evil presents itself as good.”

— Donna Tartt

“Behavior is the blossom of thought, and joy and suffering are its fruits. We reap the harvest—sweet or bitter—of our inner garden.”

— Sam Torode