Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor overlook the mercies often bound up in them.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In my view, the most damaging evils that are perpetrated upon us are through some abstract notion about good, where we're willing to sacrifice individuals in the present for some great vision of an improved or perfect future.
Evil, by definition, is that which endangers the good, and the good is what we perceive as a value.
What we call 'evil' doesn't necessarily deserve any kind of respect or understanding, by any means; it just deserves an acknowledgement of its complexity so we can better understand it - so we can help prevent it.
Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty.
I've learned a lot about good and evil. They are not always what they appear to be.
Evil is a sucker for solidity. It always goes for big numbers, for confident granite, for ideological purity, for drilled armies and balanced sheets.
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.
There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.
Good and evil do not exist for me any more. The fear of evil is merely a mass projection here and on Earth.
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.