Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.
There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.
There are times when external circumstances can overwhelm us, and we do things we never thought. If you're not aware that this can happen, you can be seduced by evil. We need inoculations against our own potential for evil. We have to acknowledge it. Then we can change it.
It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine.
A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
Every evil is a sickness of soul, but virtue offers the cause of its health.
There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.
No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.
Death is not evil, for it frees man from all ills and takes away his desires along with desire's rewards.