10 Quotes About Evil
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- "Evil cannot create, it can only corrupt." -- J. R. R. Tolkien
- "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing."
-- Edmund Burke
- "I have heard that the good man, doing good, finds the day insufficient; and that the evil man, doing evil, also finds the day insufficient." -- The Book of Documents
- "Evil is not a discrete entity that springs forth fully formed. It is born in the mind, takes root there as fantasy, and prospers when normal human restraint can no longer contain it. I have seen it devour the personalities of men ..." -- Roger L. Depue, Former FBI Profiler, Between Good and Evil
- "The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil." -- Hannah Arendt
- "The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man." -- Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- "Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good." -- Mahatma Gandhi
- "Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back into you." -- Friedrich Nietzsche
- "The depravity of human nature is exhibited in the propensity of every individual to subordinate the moral law to self-interest." -- Immanuel Kant
- "The greatest tyrannies are always perpetrated in the name of the noblest causes." -- Thomas Paine
- This AI-enhanced list is provided for your reflection. The battle between good and evil is ongoing. May you continue to choose the good.