Quotes on Evil and Good
"So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?" -Ayn Rand
"Angels are simply extensions of truth upon the fabric of life- and there is far more dark than light." ~Magic: The Gathering
One murder makes a villain, millions a hero. -Beilby Portus
"It is absurd to divide people into good and bad. People are either charming or tedious." - Oscar Wilde.
Good generally conquers evil. Unless, of course, good is stupid.
I think you're wrong, and fundamentally evil...but...good point. --Cat Carnell
Evil is a fact not to be explained away, but to be accepted; and accepted not to be endured, but to be conquered. It is a challenge neither to our reason nor to our patience, but to our courage. John H. Holmes
"It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good." -Margaret Mead
"Darkness is not the opposite of light, it is merely the absence of it."---Terry Pratchett.
Trapped in Time... Surrounded by Evil... Low on Gas. ~Evil Dead III, Army of Darkness
"The world is not merely black and white, but a swirl, to live you must see this grey."
Hope is the worst of evils, for it prolongs the torment of man. ~Friedrich Nietzsche
Only the good die young... The twisted ones might live forever! --Iron Maiden
"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."
What if a demon were to creep after you one night, in your loneliest loneness, and say, "This life which you live must be lived by you once again and innumerable times more; and every pain and joy and thought and sigh must come again to you, all in the same sequence. The eternal hourglass will again and again be turned -- and you with it, dust of the dust!" Would you throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse that demon? Or would you answer, "Never have I heard anything more divine?" ~ Friedrich Nietzsche
"Maybe intentions are the lies in the dark we tell ourselves when who we are falls short of the mark and when we destroy our neighbor we can say 'I never meant any harm.'" ~Danielle Donoh
"I see," 0005 nodded. "And you want to enlist me on the side of Good?"
"Not at all," the old man cried, bouncing up and down in his seat with laughter. "I want to invite you to stay here with us while the damned fools fight it out aboveground."
0005 frowned. "That isn't a sporting attitude," He said disapprovingly; but then he grinned. "Oh, I almost fell for it, didn't I? You are pulling my leg!"
"I am telling you the truth," the old man said venhemently. "How do you suppose I have lived to this advanced age? By running off to join in every idiotic barroom brawl, world war, or Armageddon that comes along? Let me remind you of the street where we picked you up; it is entirely typical of the proceedings during the Kali Yuga. Those imbeciles are using live ammunition, son. Do you want me to tell you the secret of longevity, lad- my secret? I have lived so outrageously long because," he spoke with deliberate emphasis, "I don't give a fuck for Good and Evil."~The Illuminatus Trilogy
Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash. ~Louis Aragon
