We had better dispense with the personification of evil, because it leads, all too easily, to the most dangerous kind of war: religious war.
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So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.
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.
It is best to avoid the beginnings of evil.
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 is a sucker for solidity. It always goes for big numbers, for confident granite, for ideological purity, for drilled armies and balanced sheets.
As human beings we have the most extraordinary capacity for evil. We can perpetrate some of the most horrendous atrocities.
'Evil' is quite a blanket term. People aren't the demonic characters we would like them to be sometimes.
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.
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.
Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them.
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