Quotes about good and evil
192 quotes from 117 people
Gautama Buddha501–501 BCDhammapada, Ch. 14, Verse 183
Leonardo da Vinci1452–1519XIX Philosophical Maxims. Morals. Polemics and Speculations.God seeks comrades and claims love,
the Devil seeks slaves and claims obedience.
Rabindranath Tagore1861–1941Fireflies (1928), 25
Robert Burns1759–1796Man was Made to Mourn, st. 7 (1786)
Joseph Conrad1857–1924Under Western Eyes (1911), Pt. II, ch. 4There is nothing either good or bad, but thinking makes it so.
The finest trick of the devil is to persuade you that he does not exist.
Charles Baudelaire1821–1867“Le Joueur généreux” (1864), in Le Spleen de Paris
George Bernard Shaw1856–1950Maxims for Revolutionists (1903), #167
Philip K. Dick1928–1982The Man in the High Castle (1962)
Thomas Mann1875–1955The Magic Mountain (1924), Ch. 6, section, A Good Soldier as translated by Woods (1996), p. 506
Ernest Hemingway1899–1961A Moveable Feast (1964), Ch. 20
Adlai Stevenson II1900–1965Speech in Hartford, Connecticut (18 September 1952)
George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax1633–1695Political Thoughts and Reflections
Hesiod776–700 BCWorks and Days (c. 700 BC), Line 240
