It is a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that lures him to evil ways.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
There is something mean in human nature that prefers to think evil, that gives a willing ear and a ready welcome to calumny, a sort of jealousy of goodness and greatness and things of good report.
There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.
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.
Man has no greater enemy than himself.
Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.
Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.
A man can't be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
He uses his good powers for evil, and that's when it gets to the dangerous side of it.
The bad man desires arbitrary power. What moves the evil man is the love of injustice.
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.
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