The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness. – Aristotle
Tolerating evil leads only to more evil. And when good people stand by and do nothing while wickedness reigns, their communities will be consumed. – Bob Riley
A man prone to suspect evil is mostly looking in his neighbor for what he sees in himself. – Augustus Hare
I think what’s exciting about playing a villain – particularly a villain who’s totally unapologetic about their evil intentions – is that it’s not anything remotely like what you get to do in real life. You’re never allowed to be evil and not feel bad about it afterwards, let alone be evil, period. – Bryce Dallas Howard
Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness. – Carl Jung
The 20th century taught us how far unbridled evil can and will go when the world fails to confront it. It is time that we heed the lessons of the 20th century and stand up to these murderers. It is time that we end genocide in the 21st century. – Allyson Schwartz
I’m not sure ministry can ever have the urgency it requires if it is not aware of evil, both externally and internally. – John Ortberg
I have this fear of clowns, so I think that if I surround myself with them, it will ward off all evil. – Johnny Depp
Unfortunately, a human being is able to comprehend only that amount of evil which he is able to commit himself. – Joseph Brodsky
With the end of the cold war, all the ‘isms’ of the 20th century – Fascism, Nazism, Communism and the evil of apartheid-ism – have failed. Except one. Only democracy has shown itself true the help of all mankind. – Jack Kemp
We study the injustices of history for the same reason that we study genocide, and for the same reason that psychologists study the minds of murderers and rapists… to understand how those evil things came about. – Jared Diamond
We’re never going to be able to get rid of terrorism, because there is always going to be evil in the world. – Abdullah II of Jordan
To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad. – Abu Bakr
I understand the protests, but not the shooting and the attempts to bring down the state. We cannot allow hatred to control our lives. We must remain unified to defeat this evil. – Boris Trajkovski
It’s as boring to see a completely evil villain as it is to see a completely good guy. – Brian Helgeland
He who gives away shall have real gain. He who subdues himself shall be free; he shall cease to be a slave of passions. The righteous man casts off evil, and by rooting out lust, bitterness, and illusion do we reach Nirvana. – Buddha
The winged words uttered in this House have gone forth to the world, on their mission of good or of evil. – Caleb Cushing
People in the Middle East may consider the U.S. an evil hegemony that has tainted their culture, but when I look at the growth of racial and ethnic tolerance and understanding in my generation in the U.S., and see those sentiments make it around the world, it makes me feel proud. – Aloe Blacc
Despite my emphasis on technology, I do not view laws as inherently evil. My goals are political ones, even if my techniques are not. The only way to fundamentally succeed is by changing existing laws. If I rejected all help from the political arena I would inevitably fail. – Bram Cohen
For me, heaven would be a lack of alienation. The whole time I was growing up, I felt comfort was inherently evil. I think that, for me, heaven isn’t about couches and milk shakes and never having a troubling thought again. – Alice Sebold
So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money? – Ayn Rand
Even papists could not see that a moral evil was detained in the soul through its physical connection with the body; and that it required the dissolution of this physical connection before the moral contagion could be removed. – Adam Clarke
Passion in Ireland is denounced as evil and obscene. Women are the snares set for us by the Devil. – Austin Clarke