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Evil Quotes

No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good Picture Quote #1

Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men are caught by it as fish by a hook Picture Quote #1

I think voting for the lesser of two evils in game theory always leads to more evil Picture Quote #1

Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil. You have to eliminate it and replace it with something that is good for all people and that something is democracy Picture Quote #1

The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn’t because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but because its hopeless inefficiency helps blunt the basic potential for evil Picture Quote #1

Wit and playfulness represent a desperately serious transcendence of evil. Humor is both a form of wisdom and a means of survival Picture Quote #1

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The root of all evil isn’t money; rather, it’s not having enough money Picture Quote #1

I like stories of the classic hero, of good versus evil, the ones in which the good guys wear white and the bad guys wear black... and I love a good sword fight Picture Quote #1

We’re living in a fearful time. Since 9/11 people have become more afraid than before, because of terrorism. There’s a lot of confusion about evil, where it’s all coming from Picture Quote #1

As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities Picture Quote #1

When you think of the sort of things that happen when a genocide happens, it’s again not people who are intrinsically evil Picture Quote #1

I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are Picture Quote #1

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Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him? Picture Quote #1

Idleness, we are accustomed to say, is the root of all evil. To prevent this evil, work is recommended... Idleness as such is by no means a root of evil; on the contrary, it is truly a divine life, if one is not bored Picture Quote #1

I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world Picture Quote #1

He had the unlucky capacity many men have of seeing and believing in the possibility of goodness and truth, but of seeing the evil and falsehood of life too clearly to take any serious part in it Picture Quote #1

The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible Picture Quote #1

Fear not, nor be dismayed at the appearance that is darkness, at the disguise that is evil, at the empty cloak that is death, for you have picked these for your challenges. They are stones on which you choose to whet the keen edge of your spirit Picture Quote #1

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Annihilation itself is no death to evil. Only good where evil was, is evil dead. An evil thing must live with its evil until it chooses to be good. That alone is the slaying of evil Picture Quote #1

The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil Picture Quote #1

What if evil doesn’t really exist? What if evil is something dreamed up by man, and there is nothing to struggle against except out own limitations? The constant battle between our will, our desires, and our choices? Picture Quote #1

There can be no justification for choosing any part of that which one knows to be evil Picture Quote #1

All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delightful Picture Quote #1

There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not give some comfort, provided it is shared by a group Picture Quote #1

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Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others Picture Quote #1

Anyone who maintains absolute standards of good and evil is dangerous. As dangerous as a maniac with a loaded revolver Picture Quote #1

If there was such evil in the world, was it possible that there was good, too? Picture Quote #1

Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won’t be invited to cocktail parties Picture Quote #1

No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one’s life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins Picture Quote #1

Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil Picture Quote #1

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No man can be brave who thinks pain the greatest evil; nor temperate, who considers pleasure the highest good (Evil Quotes) Plato divinely calls pleasure the bait of evil, inasmuch as men are caught by it as fish by a hook (Evil Quotes) I think voting for the lesser of two evils in game theory always leads to more evil (Evil Quotes) Capitalism is an evil, and you cannot regulate evil. You have to eliminate it and replace it with something that is good for all people and that something is democracy (Evil Quotes) The reason societies with democratic governments are better places to live in than their alternatives isn’t because of some goodness intrinsic to democracy, but because its hopeless inefficiency helps blunt the basic potential for evil (Evil Quotes) Wit and playfulness represent a desperately serious transcendence of evil. Humor is both a form of wisdom and a means of survival (Evil Quotes) The root of all evil isn’t money; rather, it’s not having enough money (Evil Quotes) I like stories of the classic hero, of good versus evil, the ones in which the good guys wear white and the bad guys wear black... and I love a good sword fight (Evil Quotes) We’re living in a fearful time. Since 9/11 people have become more afraid than before, because of terrorism. There’s a lot of confusion about evil, where it’s all coming from (Evil Quotes) As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities (Evil Quotes) When you think of the sort of things that happen when a genocide happens, it’s again not people who are intrinsically evil (Evil Quotes) I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are (Evil Quotes) Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him? (Evil Quotes) Idleness, we are accustomed to say, is the root of all evil. To prevent this evil, work is recommended... Idleness as such is by no means a root of evil; on the contrary, it is truly a divine life, if one is not bored (Evil Quotes) I hope that real love and truth are stronger in the end than any evil or misfortune in the world (Evil Quotes) He had the unlucky capacity many men have of seeing and believing in the possibility of goodness and truth, but of seeing the evil and falsehood of life too clearly to take any serious part in it (Evil Quotes) The enemy of the moment always represented absolute evil, and it followed that any past or future agreement with him was impossible (Evil Quotes) Fear not, nor be dismayed at the appearance that is darkness, at the disguise that is evil, at the empty cloak that is death, for you have picked these for your challenges. They are stones on which you choose to whet the keen edge of your spirit (Evil Quotes) Annihilation itself is no death to evil. Only good where evil was, is evil dead. An evil thing must live with its evil until it chooses to be good. That alone is the slaying of evil (Evil Quotes) The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil (Evil Quotes) What if evil doesn’t really exist? What if evil is something dreamed up by man, and there is nothing to struggle against except out own limitations? The constant battle between our will, our desires, and our choices? (Evil Quotes) There can be no justification for choosing any part of that which one knows to be evil (Evil Quotes) All the worse for the undeniable talent which hides the evil so subtly and makes the danger so delightful (Evil Quotes) There is nothing inhuman, evil, or irrational which does not give some comfort, provided it is shared by a group (Evil Quotes) Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others (Evil Quotes) Anyone who maintains absolute standards of good and evil is dangerous. As dangerous as a maniac with a loaded revolver (Evil Quotes) If there was such evil in the world, was it possible that there was good, too? (Evil Quotes) Hear no evil, speak no evil, and you won’t be invited to cocktail parties (Evil Quotes) No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one’s life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins (Evil Quotes) Ethics, too, are nothing but reverence for life. This is what gives me the fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, promoting, and enhancing life, and that destroying, injuring, and limiting life are evil (Evil Quotes)

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