The best men are not consistent in good– why should the worst men be consistent in evil.

And those characters [in a fairy tale] dwell in a moral world, whose laws are as clear as the law of gravity. That too is a great advantage of the folk tale. It is not...

Vicious actions are not hurtful because they are forbidden, but forbidden because they are hurtful.

Light and dark ain’t supposed to mix. They’re like broccoli and chocolate – just nasty when you put them together – but that appears to be what’s happening with you

Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.

Samuel understood at last why this being hated men and women so much: he hated them because they were so like himself, because the worst of the was mirrored in them. He was the source...

If 9 out of 10 grandmothers selected from 10 respective cultures can agree it is evil, then it’s evil. Cut it out.

Perhaps man was neither good nor bad, was only a machine in an insensate universe–his courage no more than a reflex to danger, like the automatic jump at the pin-prick. Perhaps there were no virtues,...

The key to a good life is to balance the good and evil rather than trying to get rid of all evils because if you get rid of all your evils, you would also lose...

Sully disapproved of destruction for destruction’s sake, which seemed ever more popular in the modern world, but he always took delight in burning out or otherwise eliminating Evil when Evil just couldn’t keep its ugly...

To enter the Buddha Way is to stop discriminating between good and evil and to cast aside the mind that says this is good and that is bad.

The light within us gives power for good actions.

Perante o seu moment neo des nimo, a mãe encheu uma panela com água e deu-lhe nove ocos. Disse: «Põe os ovos, um a um, dentro de água, com cuidado para não se partirem. Os...

Nature evaluates a character on the basis of its merits, not demerits.

I want something good to die for. . . to make it beautiful to live.

Their quarry had been cornered in his defenses and their bloodlust was such that they were likely to pay top Julep to watch him escape, so that he might be brutalized and killed before their...

It’s a shame there has to be a tragedy before the best in people will finally shine.

Some energies are not as potent. The only way to develop a potent energy is to spend an existence on the earth. There, one can develop a compassionate nature so that when passing onto other...

People always equate beauty with good, but it just ain’t so.

There are two godheads: the world and my independent I. I am either happy or unhappy, that is all. It can be said: good or evil do not exist. A man who is happy must...

So, I guess we are who we are for a lot of reasons. And maybe we’ll never know them. But even if we don’t have the power to choose where we come from, we can...

Evil people relate more to the black pole. It’s – this is not exact, of course, as the science of magic is as complex as the magic of electronics – it’s like traveling past a...

Good necessitates evil and the two sides of that disk are not always clearly marked.

Que savons-nous vraiment de notre monde ? Peut-on véritablement croire ce que les dirigeants de la planète choisissent de nous révéler ? Qui sont réellement ces gens ?Le Bien et le Mal continuent de s’affronter,...

Das Negative zu tun, ist uns noch auferlegt, das Positive ist uns schon gegeben.

…I like to see things through the lens of Greek tragedy, which teaches us, among other things, that real tragedy is never a straightforward confrontation between Good and Evil, but is rather much more exquisitely...

No matter how hard Evil tries, it can never quite match up to the power of Good, because Evil is ultimately self-destructive. Evil may set out to corrupt others, but in the process corrupts itself.

Since man always remains free and since his freedom is always fragile, the kingdom of good will never be definitively established in this world. Anyone who promises the better world that is guaranteed to last...

All right I think we’ve been down here in the dark long enough. There’s a whole other world upstairs. Take my hand Constant Reader and I’ll be happy to lead you back into the sunshine....

The purpose of evil is to complement the good. If there is no hatred in this world, there can’t be any love too. While love is a positive emotion, hatred is a negative emotion. Yet...

Some people misunderstand evil and believe it will relent, and because their misplaced hope inspires dark hearts to dream darker dreams, they are the fathers and mothers of all wars. Evil does not relent; it...

It is hard to be sure of anything among so many marvels. The world is all grown strange…How shall a man judge what to do in such times?’ ‘As he ever has judged,’ said Aragorn....

Being against evil doesn’t make you good. Tonight I was against it and then I was evil myself. I could feel it coming just like a tide… I just want to destroy them. But when...

You are good in countless ways, and you are not evil when you are not good, you are only loitering and sluggard.

Evil cannot and will not be vanquished by evil. Dark will only swallow dark and deepen. The good and the light are the keenest weapons.

Deep inside, the majority of people had the sneaking suspicion that evil was more powerful than good and could be counteracted only by more evil.

Every morning most of the people wake up alive than dead, so I do have a faith there is still some goodness left in the man.

What shall a man gain if he has the whole world and lose his soul,” (Matt. 16: v. 26) – but for a notorious name, the ethereal shadow of a career, and a brief life...

Every ‘no’ is a ‘yes’ to something.

With Stefan, the line between good and evil, right and wrong, becomes increasingly blurred.

Roots cannot grow into trees if there are no supernatural elements in the soil. Man cannot grow wealthy and famous if he doesn’t contribute to either, the good or evil.

When the prophet, a complacent fat man,Arrived at the mountain-topHe cried: “Woe to my knowledge!I intended to see good white landsAnd bad black lands—But the scene is grey.

I believe you find life such a problem because you think there are good people and bad people. You’re wrong, of course. There are, always and only, the bad people, but some of them are...

Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good.

Evil forges a tornado.But goodness battles in a straight line.

Wenn man einmal das Böse bei sich aufgenommen hat, verlangt es nicht mehr, daß man ihm glaube.

The disciples of the Baal Shem Tov, the founder of Hasidism, tell of a dream he had. In the dream, the very incarnation of the Evil Impulse appears in the form of a sinister heart....

Evil, unlike good, is constantly at war with those most like itself, and ambition is its spur.

Sometimes evil didn’t need an excuse. Sometimes evil just was.

God did not create evil. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of God.