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Letter "E" » Evil
«This is not remarkable, for, as we know, reality is not a function of the event as event, but of the relationship of that event to past, and future, events. We seem here to have a paradox: that the reality of an event, which is not real in itself, arises from the other events which, likewise, in themselves are not real. But this only affirms what we must affirm: that direction is all. And only as we realize this do we live, for our own identity is dependent upon this principal.»
«The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible»
«The rebel can never find peace. He knows what is good and, despite himself, does evil. The value which supports him is never given to him once and for all»
Author: Albert Camus
(Essayist, Novelist, Playwright)
| About:
Evil
| Keywords:
despite, once and for all, rebel, rebelling, supports, The Rebel, the Rebels
«The quiet conscience is an invention of the devil.»
Author: Albert Schweitzer
(Missionary, Musician, Philosopher, Theologian)
| About:
Conscience,
Devil,
Evil
| Keywords:
The Quiet
«The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
| About:
Evil,
Men
| Keywords:
affairs, indifference, man of affairs, pay for, penalties, penalty, Public affairs, ruled
«The wise man avoids evil by anticipating it.»
«The question why there is evil in existence is the same as why there is imperfection... But this is the real question we ought to ask: Is this imperfection the final truth, is evil absolute and ultimate?»
Author: Rabindranath Tagore
(Essayist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Evil,
Questioning
| Keywords:
absolute, final, imperfection, The Question, ultimate
«The Soviet Union is an Evil Empire, and Soviet communism is the focus of evil in the modern world»
Author: Ronald Reagan
(President)
| About:
Evil
| Keywords:
communism, Empire, evil empire, modern world, soviet, Soviets, Soviet Empire, Soviet Union, This Modern World, union
«The want of money is the root of all evil.»
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