~ Nature, in her indifference, makes no distinction between good and evil. ~
~ A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible. ~
~ The belief that there is only one truth and that oneself is in possession of it seems to me the deepest root of all evil that is in the world. ~
~ I happen to think that the singular evil of our time is prejudice. It is from this evil that all other evils grow and multiply. In almost everything I've written there is a thread of this: a man's seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other than himself. ~
~ Evil is done without effort, naturally, it is the working of fate; good is always the product of an art. ~
~ The best known evil is the most tolerable. ~
~ The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary, men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. ~
~ There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root. ~
~ A church debt is the devil's salary. ~
~ The man who does evil to another does evil to himself, and the evil counsel is most evil for him who counsels it. ~
~ The evil is not that you cannot change human nature. The evil is that human nature cannot change you. ~
~ The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing. ~