"Truth and untruth often co-exist; good and evil often are found together"
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"To say that God permits evil in the world may not be pleasing to the ear. But if He is held responsible for the good, it follows that He has to be responsible for the evil too."
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"You think that you can judge what's good or evil from whether you enjoy doing it or not. You think that evil is what always appears in the form of a temptation, while good is what you never spontaneously want to do. I think this is all total rubbish, if you don't mind my saying so."
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"There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful."
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"Thus we see, too, in the world that some persons assimilate only what is ugly and evil from the same moral circumstances which supply good and beautiful results--the fragrance of celestial flowers--to the daily life of others."
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"There are neither good nor evil, only the existence and action."
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"As a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of evil; as a single drop of water fills a bucket, so do small deeds of good."
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"Thus it happens in matters of state; for knowing afar off (which it is only given a prudent man to do) the evils that are brewing, they are easily cured. But when, for want of such knowledge, they are allowed to grow so that everyone can recognize them, there is no longer any remedy to be found."
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"The task of the educator lies in seeing that the child does not confound good with immobility and evil with activity."
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"What is forgotten cannot be healed, and that which cannot be healed easily becomes the cause of greater evil."
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"The common people, on the whole, are still living in the world of absolute good and evil from which the intellectuals have long since escaped."
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"What seems nasty, painful, evil can become a source of beauty, joy, and strength, if faced with an open mind."
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"If you are too weak to give yourselves your own law, then a tyrant shall lay his yoke upon you and say: "Obey! Clench your teeth and obey!" And all good and evil shall be drowned in obedience to him."
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"Of all evil I deem you capable: Therefore I want good from you. Verily, I have often laughed at the weaklings who thought themselves good because they had no claws."
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"Whatever harm the evil may do, the harm done by the good is the most harmful harm."
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"To recognize untruth as a condition of life--that certainly means resisting accustomed value feelings in a dangerous way; and a philosophy that risks this would by that token alone place itself beyond good and evil."
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"Every high degree of power always involves a corresponding degree of freedom from good and evil."
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"Think I'm gettin' sick, I'm feelin' illegal/ And not having money is the root of all evil"
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"Remember, one just man causes the Devil greater affliction than a million blind believers."
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"The wise thing is for us diligently to train ourselves to lie thoughtfully, judiciously; to lie with a good object, and not an evil one; to lie for others' advantage, and not our own; to lie healingly, charitably, humanely, not cruelly, hurtfully, maliciously; to lie gracefully and graciously, not awkwardly and clumsily; to lie firmly, frankly, squarely, with head erect, not haltingly, tortuously, with pusillanimous mien, as being ashamed of our high calling."
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