Wednesday, 19 February 2025

Good, Evil

No human is entirely good and void of evil, nor one who is so evil that he is void of good. There is some good, and some evil in all of us. In every man's heart there is a devil, but we do not know the man as bad until the devil is roused. Sometimes, it is ignorance in the man that commits an act without knowing that what he has done is evil.

No man is permanently and fixedly evil, until he is willingly evil. Still, there is plenty of evil in the world. And being aware of it makes you a realist, not a paranoid.

The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces. - Philip Zimbardo

The small man thinks that small acts of goodness are of no benefit, and does not do them; and that small deeds of evil do no harm, and does not refrain from them. Hence, his wickedness becomes so great that it cannot be concealed, and his guilt so great that it cannot be pardoned. - Confucius

The world we live in is a world of mingled good and evil. Whether it is chiefly good or chiefly bad depends on how we take it. To look at the world in such a way as to emphasize the evil is the art of pessimism. To look at it in such a way as to bring out the good, and throw the evil into the background, is the art of optimism. The facts are the same in either case. It is simply a question of perspective and emphasis. - William Dewitt Hyde

The truth is that most of us see what we are looking for in this world. If we are looking for evil we find it. The reason is not merely that evil exists all around us. There is another reason, far more potent. By looking for evil in our fellow creatures we bring out evil either from them or from ourselves, perhaps from both. - John Daniel Barry

Life is composed of lights and shadows, and we would be untruthful, insincere, and saccharine if we tried to pretend there were no shadows. Most things are good, and they are the strongest things; but there are evil things too, and you are not doing a child a favour by trying to shield him from reality. The important thing is to teach a child that good can always triumph over evil. - Walt Disney

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