Quotes of: Greater-evil Keyword

Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.

Larry Page

No evil propensity of the human heart is so powerful that it may not be subdued by discipline.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Flowers are almost perfect; their only flaw is that they are weak; they can’t protect themselves against the evil!

Mehmet Murat ildan

The 'Axis of Evil' was - and is - very real, as the tyrants of Iran, Iraq, and North Korea knew full well.

Michael Ledeen

Denial and rejection is one of the most powerful weapons that can turn a man into an evil.

M.F. Moonzajer

If truth is not objective, there is no good or evil. There is only what people do and how people feel about it.

Rebecca McKinsey

I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.

Roberto Rossellini

Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons.

Rudy Rucker

People don't necessarily do evil deeds because they want to; people happen to do something with horrible consequences even if they meant to be kind.

Susanne Bier

When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I've never tried before.

Mae West

Evil surrounds everyone, but not everyone is able to confront it.

Wizards' Secret Service. Classified: The Brotherhood of Darkness

It is very hard for evil to take hold of the unconsenting soul.

A Wizard of Earthsea

I find myself evil. I believe in the devil as much as God. You can use either one to get things done.

Peter Criss

In commendably seeking to protect freedom of speech, we must not lower our defences against the evil of racial and religious intolerance.

Barry O'Farrell

It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness.

Thornton Wilder

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.

Plato

It has been said that people never do evil with more enthusiasm than when they do it in the name of God.

Tony Campolo

In the 1930s one was aware of two great evils - mass unemployment and the threat of war.

James Meade

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

Swami Sivananda

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

Albert Camus

Little progress can be made by merely attempting to repress what is evil. Our great hope lies in developing what is good.

Calvin Coolidge