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“Good men seek it by the natural means of the virtues; evil men, however, try to achieve the same goal by a variety of concupiscences, and that is surely an unnatural way of seeking the good. Don't you agree?”

Men Way Trying Mean Evil Goal Natural Virtue Achieve Agree Seeking Variety Good Man Unnatural Evil Man

Book:The Consolation of Philosophy

Source: The Consolation of Philosophy

“The man of noble mind seeks to achieve the good in others and not their evil. The little-minded man is the reverse of this.”

Men Mind Littles Evil Achieve He Man Noble Reverse

Book:The Analects

Source: The Analects

“Man is an Animal, formidable both from his Passions and his Reason; his Passions often urging him to great Evils, and his Reason furnishing Means to achieve them. To train this Animal, and make him amenable to Order; to inure him to a Sense of Justice and Virtue, to withhold him from ill Courses by Fear, and encourage him in his Duty by Hopes; in short, to fashion and model him for Society, hath been the Aim of civil and religious Institutions; and, in all Times, the Endeavour of good and wise Men. The aptest Method for attaining this End, hath been always judged a proper Education.”

“An anti-something movement displays a purely negative attitude. It has no chance whatever to succeed. Its passionate diatribes virtually advertise the program they attack. People must fight for something that they want to achieve, not simply reject an evil, however bad it may be.”

People Want May Fighting Evil Chance Attitude Achieve Movement Succeed Negative Program Passionate Rejects Display Negative Attitude

Book:Anti-Capitalistic Mentality, The

Source: Anti-Capitalistic Mentality, The

“It is possible that the meaning of wisdom in Hebrew indicates aptitude for stratagems and the application of thought in such a way that the stratagems and ruses may be used in achieving either rational or moral virtues, or in achieving skill in a practical art, or in working evil and wickedness.”

Way May Art Used Evil Moral Virtue Achieve Skills Practicals Rational Application Wickedness Hebrew Aptitude Stratagem Moral Virtues

Book:A Maimonides Reader

Source: A Maimonides Reader

“It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.”

Evil Achieve Cost Goodness Be Good Terrific

Author:Stephen King