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“Morality and Power exist on parallel planes, occasionally intersecting but never really converging. They never have and never will. Those who wield power seldom adhere to moral principles and those who uphold morality rarely possess power.”

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“What causes evil?" asked Yudhishthira. "Greed is the ultimate root of every evil. People who covet what they do not have are prone to anger, and become obsessed. They are mean-spirited, enslaved by wanting. Those who pile up wealth for its own sake are often ruthless and contemptuous, despising those less well off than themselves. Lust comes from greed. Dishonesty, ill will, envy, ruthlessness - every kind of sin starts with desiring more than one possesses. Ignorance springs from the selfsame root. Greed spreads its branches and the mind grows dark, unable to judge clearly...”

Evil Ignorance Anger Greed Ruthlessness

Book:Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling

Source: Mahabharata: A Modern Retelling

“Some say that man is evil or wicked, but I hold that man may at least be reasoned with, where wolves or blizzards or falling trees are invariably unheeding of entreaties.”

Evil Nature Man

Book:The Infernal

Source: The Infernal

“Is it possible that the relationship between humanity and evil is similar to the relationship between the ocean and an iceberg floating on its surface? Both the ocean and the iceberg are made of the same material. That the iceberg seems separate is only because it is in a different form. In reality, it is but a part of the vast ocean.”

Humanity Evil Philosophy Quotes

Book:The Three-Body Problem

Source: The Three-Body Problem

“Now that I have overcome so much pain and can read my destiny like a map full of errors, when I feel no pity for myself and can review my existence without sentimentality, because I have found relative peace, I only lament the loss of innocence. I miss the idealism of my youth, of the time when there was still a clear dividing line between good and evil for me and I believed that it was possible to always act in accordance with immovable principles.”

Evil Principles Youth Good Innocence Idealism

Book:The Infinite Plan

Source: The Infinite Plan

“First of all, you have heard me talk of Logres. It was the old name for this country, thousands of years ago; in the old days when the struggle between good and evil was more bitter and open than it is now. That struggle goes on all round us all the time, like two armies fighting. And sometimes one of them seems to be winning and sometimes the other, but neither has ever triumphed altogether. Nor ever will," he added softly to himself, "for there is something of each in every man.”

Evil Winning Good Triumph Struggles Good Vs Evil

Book:Over Sea, Under Stone

Source: Over Sea, Under Stone

“What an age finds evil is commonly an anachronistic echo of what previously was found to be good - the atavism of an older ideal.”

Evil Good Worldview

Book:Beyond Good and Evil

Source: Beyond Good and Evil

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