Home » Evil Evil 1 The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them. Victor Hugo Evil, Thoughts, Never Add to Collection 2 Evil. Mistrust those who rejoice at it even more than those who do it. Victor Hugo Evil, Rejoice, More Add to Collection 3 Have we not come to such an impasse in the modern world that we must love our enemies - or else? The chain reaction of evil - hate begetting hate, wars producing more wars - must be broken, or else we shall be plunged into the dark abyss of annihilation. Martin Luther King, Jr Love, Evil, Hate Add to Collection 4 I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant. Martin Luther King, Jr Love, Truth, Evil Add to Collection 5 He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it. He who accepts evil without protesting against it is really cooperating with it. Martin Luther King, Jr Evil, Without, Against Add to Collection 6 One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can. William Wordsworth Good, Man, Evil Add to Collection 7 Active Evil is better than Passive Good. William Blake Good, Evil, Better Add to Collection 8 The only objects of practical reason are therefore those of good and evil. For by the former is meant an object necessarily desired according to a principle of reason; by the latter one necessarily shunned, also according to a principle of reason. Immanuel Kant Good, Evil Add to Collection 9 Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.' Immanuel Kant War, Evil, Praise Add to Collection 10 Even philosophers will praise war as ennobling mankind, forgetting the Greek who said: 'War is bad in that it begets more evil than it kills.' Immanuel Kant War, Evil, Praise Add to Collection 11 The only objects of practical reason are therefore those of good and evil. For by the former is meant an object necessarily desired according to a principle of reason; by the latter one necessarily shunned, also according to a principle of reason. Immanuel Kant Good, Evil, Good And Evil Add to Collection 12 Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. Mark Twain Work, Evil, Necessary Evil Add to Collection 13 The lack of money is the root of all evil. Mark Twain Money, Evil, Root Add to Collection 14 The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones. William Shakespeare Man, Good, Evil Add to Collection 15 I do not believe in the God of theology who rewards good and punishes evil. Albert Einstein Good, God, Evil Add to Collection 16 The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it. Albert Einstein Evil, World, People Add to Collection 17 Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed. Mahatma Gandhi Evil, Always, Wrong Add to Collection 18 Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up. Mahatma Gandhi Love, Evil Add to Collection 19 I have also seen children successfully surmounting the effects of an evil inheritance. That is due to purity being an inherent attribute of the soul. Mahatma Gandhi Children, Soul, Evil Add to Collection 20 I do all the evil I can before I learn to shun it? Is it not enough to know the evil to shun it? If not, we should be sincere enough to admit that we love evil too well to give it up. Mahatma Gandhi Love, Evil, Learn Add to Collection 21 Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good. Mahatma Gandhi Good, Evil, Cooperation Add to Collection 22 I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent. Mahatma Gandhi Good, Evil, Violence Add to Collection
