“When you start with a necessary evil, and then over time the necessity passes away, what's left?”

“Doubtless there are times when controversy becomes a necessary evil. But let us remember that it is an evil.”

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1815–1881) English churchman, Dean of Westminster

“I'm open to everything. When you start to criticize the times you live in, your time is over.”

Karl Lagerfeld (1933–2019) German fashion designer

“Do you think that I count the days? There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk.”

Jean Paul Sartre book The Devil and the Good Lord

“Anger and hatred, when left unfed, bleed away like air from a punctured tire, over time and days and years. Forgiveness is stealth.”

Barry Lyga (1971) American writer

“When time passes, it's the people who knew you whom you want to see; they're the ones you can talk to. When enough time passes, what's it matter what they did to you?”

John Irving book The Cider House Rules

“The good suffer, the evil flourish, and all that is mortal passes away.”

Cassandra Clare (1973) American author

“Evil, when we are in its power, is not felt as evil, but as a necessity, even a duty.”

Simone Weil (1909–1943) French philosopher, Christian mystic, and social activist

“There’s no time, no time!
There’s no time to rest!
When suddenly death is upon
you, what will you do?
Now you’d better start practicing
the sublime Dharma right away;
Now, quick, hurry-recite the six-syllable mantra.”

Dilgo Khyentse (1910–1991) Bhutanese Buddhist Lama

“Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.”

Francis of Assisi (1182–1226) Catholic saint and founder of the Franciscan Order