Character Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Lo! there ye stand, my children," said the figure, in a deep and solemn tone, almost sad, with its despairing awfulness, as if his…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“What you still need to know is this: before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along…

— Paulo Coelho

But evil is wrought by want of thought, As well as want of heart!

— Thomas Hood

Every evil is a sickness of soul, but virtue offers the cause of its health.

— Saint Basil

Before a dream is realized, the Soul of the World tests everything that was learned along the way. It does this not because it…

— Anonymous

Evil is that which one believes of others.

— H. L. Mencken

“How is it that from beauty I have derived a type of unloveliness?—from the covenant of peace a simile of sorrow? But as, in…

— Edgar Allan Poe

Some people misunderstand evil and believe it will relent, and because their misplaced hope inspires dark hearts to dream darker dreams, they are the…

— Dean Koontz

Now are ye undeceived. Evil is the nature of mankind. Evil must be your only happiness. Welcome again, my children, to the communion of…

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“The difference between good and evil is a matter of profundity. Which is nearer you, self-love and its immorality or love and morals? Not…

— Austin Osman, Spare

All the evil in the world is the fault of the self-styled pure in heart, a result of their eagerness to unearth secrets and…

— Jean Giraudoux

Evil is the refusal to see one's self in others.

— Richard Powers