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"Because we have sought to cover up past evil, though it still persists, we have been powerless to check the new evil of today.Evil unchecked grows, Evil tolerated poisons the whole system. And because we have tolerated our past and present evils, international affairs are poisoned and law and justice have disappeared from them."
"Our greatest evils flow from ourselves."
"If you are picking the lesser of two evils, you are still picking Evil."
"Evil man make me kill you."
"All attempts by the State to bias the conclusions of its citizens on disputed subjects, are evil."
"I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good."
"The ultimate weakness of violence is that it is a descending spiral, begetting the very thing it seeks to destroy. Instead of diminishing evil, it multiplies it."
"Racial segregation must be seen for what it is, and that is an evil system, a new form of slavery covered up with certain niceties of complexity."
"The forces of good and evil are working within and around me, I must choose, and in a free will universe I do have a choice."
"Seek for good, but expect evil."
"I never revolted in vain, as a rebel or as a tyrant, but I rose seeking reformation for the nation of my grandfather Mohammad. I intend to enjoin good and forbid evil, to act according to the traditions of my grandfather, and my father Ali Ibn Abi-Talib."
"One of the evils of money is that it tempts us to look at it rather than at the things that it buys."
"The challenge of preventing any further proliferation of nuclear weapons is just such a trial in the quest for world peace, one that cannot be achieved if we are defeated by a sense of helplessness. The crucial element is to ensure that any struggle against evil is rooted firmly in a consciousness of the unity of the human family, something only gained through the mastery of our own inner contradictions."
"We must beware of the Past, mustn't we? I mean that any fixing of the mind on old evils beyond what is absolutely necessary for repenting our own sins and forgiving those of others is certainly useless and usually bad for us. Notice in Dante that the lost souls are entirely concerned with their past! Not so the saved."
"Good, as it ripens, becomes continually more different not only from evil but from other good."
"Evil spreads with the wind; truth is capable of spreading even against it."
"So you see, Good and Evil have the same face; it all depends on when they cross the path of each individual human being."
"Until we stop clinging to the concept of good and evil, the world will continue to manifest as friendly goddesses and harmful demons."
"To do an evil action is base; to do a good action without incurring danger is common enough; but it is the part of a good man to do great and noble deeds, though he risks every thing."
"All who do evil and dishonorable things do them against their will."
