Quotes on Good And Evil

The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.

Scientific views end in awe and mystery, lost at the edge in uncertainty, but they appear to be so deep and so impressive that the theory that it is all arranged as a stage for God to watch man's struggle for good and evil seems inadequate.

The essence of good and evil is a certain disposition of the will.

The choice before human beings, is not, as a rule, between good and evil but between two evils.

Choice is the essence of ethics: if there were no choice there would be no ethics, no good, no evil; good and evil have meaning only insofar as man is free to choose.

I have been brought up open-minded. If I didn't know any people from other countries, I'd think everyone was evil based on news stories. But I know a lot of people, and know that there is no such thing as stark good and evil. Isn't it possible there is the same amount of evil everywhere?

Our best performances are so stained with sin, that it is hard to know whether they are good works or bad works.

The protection of a man's person is more sacred than the protection of his property.

Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.

The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language.

Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires.

Good and evil thoughts are each a potent power, and they fill the universe.

True knowledge of good and evil as we possess is merely abstract or general, and the judgment which we pass on the order of things and the connection of causes, with a view to determining what is good or bad for us in the present, is rather imaginary than real.

O magnet-South! O glistening perfumed South! My South! O quick mettle, rich blood, impulse and love! Good and evil! O all dear to me!

The really difficult moral issues arise, not from a confrontation of good and evil, but from a collision between two goods

The whole course of human history may depend on a change of heart in one solitary and even humble individual - for it is in the solitary mind and soul of the individual that the battle between good and evil is waged and ultimately won or lost.

According to how gifted we are, we are all given a large or small key to this treasury of wonders. I have been blessed with a small key to the world of the young. It's a place where good and evil are clearly stamped. It's a place where the better part of human nature triumphs over tragedies, and where innocence rides high. It is a great pleasure to write there, because the young have what the rest of us only envy, and that is a belief in goodness and perpetual hope.

Good and evil exist only in terms of the happiness or suffering they create in ourselves and others

Those who cannot think or take responsibility for themselves need, and clamor for, a leader.

Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell.