Character Quote by Thomas Berger

“The belief in a super natural sources of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.”

— Joseph Conrad

“Even good men can preform evil deeds.”

— Mike Kalmbach

“He said that the notion that evil is seldom rewarded was greatly overspoken for if there were no advantage to it then men would…

— Cormac McCarthy

“There is no such thing as pure good or pure evil, least of all in people. In the best of us there are thoughts…

— Terry Goodkind

“Goodness is more difficult than evil. Evil men knew that more than good men. That's why they became evil. That's why it stuck with…

— Colum McCann

“It has always been easier to believe himself capable of evil than to accept evil in others.”

— Judith Guest

“There is no one who is completely evil as to lack some goodness in him.”

— Bangambiki Habyarimana

“How much wickedness could you do in the service of good before it turned into pure evil?”

— Nancy Farmer

“Evil men could be destroyed, but nothing could be done with good men who were deluded.”

— Arthur C. Clarke

“Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it with religious conviction.”

— Blaise Pascal

“No man chooses evil because it is evil; he just mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.”

— Mary Wollstonecraft

“In most cases, people, even the wicked, are much more naive and simple hearted than we suppose. And we ourselves are, too.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevskys