“Evil cannot be conquered by wishing.”
Source: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book V : The High King (1968), Chapter 21
“Pain is no evil,
Unless it conquer us.”
St. Maura, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).
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English clergyman, historian and novelist 1819–1875Related quotes
“Conquering evil, not the opponent, is the essence of swordsmanship.”
Yagyū Munenori
(1571–1646) samurai and daimyo of the early Edo period
As quoted in Behold the Second Horseman (2005), by Joseph Lumpkin, p. 44.
“Evil can kill a person, but never conquer a nation.”
Jens Stoltenberg
(1959) Norwegian politician, 13th Secretary-General of NATO, 27th Prime Minister of Norway
The City Hall Square Speech, July 25, 2011 ( BBC http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-14285020).
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Sheri S. Tepper
(1929–2016) American fiction writer
Strange Horizons interview (2008)
Context: The Inquisition, by defining and limiting knowledge, was evil. The Taliban, by defining truth and refusing girls an education, is evil. Any religion that says it knows the one and only truth is evil, because it limits knowledge. Any political body that says it owns the truth is evil. Same reason.
Any repressive regime that seeks to control exploration and experimentation is evil. Same reason. Any regime that defines truth as a set of beliefs and occurrences that cannot be questioned, that can neither be demonstrated nor proven is not only evil but ridiculous. This includes all mythologies, miracles, etc. because, if creation happened for a reason, if it was done by God, you'd better believe every part of it, including intelligence, was done for a reason ascertainable, eventually, by intelligence. We would not follow and adore a ruler who lied and tortured. Why would we worship a God who did either? God doesn't lie and he/she/it doesn't fool around!
Shutting down inquiry is evil. Causing pain purposefully for no reason is evil. Enjoying causing pain by shutting down inquiry is an absolute evil.
“Conquer anger with love, evil with good, meanness with generosity, and lies with truth.”
Gautama Buddha
(-563–-483 BC) philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism
Source: Pali Canon, Sutta Pitaka, Khuddaka Nikaya (Minor Collection), Dhammapada, Ch. 17, Verse 223
Source: The Count of Monte Cristo
Source: The Chronicles of Prydain (1964–1968), Book V : The High King (1968), Chapter 21
Context: “Dyrnwyn is yours,” Gwydion said, “as it was meant to be.”
“Yet Arawn is slain,” Taran replied. “Evil is conquered and the blade’s work done.”
“Evil conquered?” said Gwydion. “You have learned much, but learn this last and hardest of lessons. You have conquered only the enchantments of evil. That was the easiest of your tasks, only a beginning, not an ending. Do you believe evil itself so quickly overcome? Not so long as men still hate and slay each other, when greed and anger goad them. Against these even a flaming sword cannot prevail, but only that portion of good in all men’s hearts whose flame can never be quenched.