The idea of evil is always subject to denial as a coping mechanism.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.
Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very much believe that some people are evil and motivation is not necessary for evil.
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking at the world, that one form of behavior, is as valid as another. The idea of true evil has been blown away.
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.
Good and evil do not exist for me any more. The fear of evil is merely a mass projection here and on Earth.
I think there's something about evil that is thoughtless and relentless and incredibly frightening because it can't be reckoned with, reasoned with or stopped.
A resolution to avoid an evil is seldom framed till the evil is so far advanced as to make avoidance impossible.
I am not a pessimist; to perceive evil where it exists is, in my opinion, a form of optimism.
Evil is not to be traced back to the individual but to the collective behavior of humanity.