I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.
The worst crimes are not committed by evil degenerates, but by decent and intelligent people taking 'pragmatic' decisions..
The only defense against evil, violent people is good people who are more skilled at violence..
To give up doing evil is more important than making merit..
By nature, I am a materialist... It is exactly these impingements upon our sense of touch and so forth that I'm interested in..
There is evil in the world, but it can be overcome through repentance and aspiration, and therein lies the true meaning and adventure of life..
Poverty, disease, sorrow, imprisonment and other evils are the fruits borne by the tree of one's own sins..
There's part of me that is a strict materialist..
To correct the evils, great and small, which spring from want of sympathy and from positive enmity among strangers, as nations or as individuals, is ….
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 dissolu….
I originally passed on 'Girls' because I thought TV was evil..
The United States is evil..
Therefore, it is we who are responsible for much of the evil in the world; and we are each morally required to accept rather than project that ponder….
Instead of speaking saintly words we must act them..
I intend to be me. Whatever that is..
We've got to get in to get out..
What we love in others we not only awaken in others, but we develop those very things more or less in ourselves..
Realize that your physical experience and environment is the materialization of your beliefs. If you find great exuberance, health, effective work, a….
While there is no one who hasn't an evil bone in their body, there is also no one who is totally evil to the core. the fact that someone harbors oppo….
Nothing helps you sleep at night so much as being absolutely certain that you're right, and everyone else is evil..
He who has no faith in others shall find no faith in them..