“There are no evil thoughts except one; the refusal to think.”

“the greatest evil perpetrated is the evil committed by nobodies, that is, by human beings who refuse to be persons”

Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) Jewish-American political theorist

“Boredom is the root of all evil - the despairing refusal to be oneself.”

Sören Kierkegaard (1813–1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, founder of Existentialism

“There is no safety for honest men except by believing all possible evil of evil men.”

Edmund Burke (1729–1797) Anglo-Irish statesman

“Torture is an impermissible evil. Except under two circumstances. The first is the ticking time bomb. An innocent's life is at stake. The bad guy you have captured possesses information that could save this life. He refuses to divulge. In such a case, the choice is easy.”

Charles Krauthammer (1950–2018) American journalist

“This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us.”

D.H. Lawrence (1885–1930) English novelist, poet, playwright, essayist, literary critic and painter

“Every minute you are thinking of evil, you might have been thinking of good instead. Refuse to pander to a morbid interest in your own misdeeds.
Pick yourself up, be sorry, shake yourself, and go on again.”

Evelyn Underhill (1875–1941) British saint, poet, novelist

“Such is life, here today, gone tomorrow! Nothing goes with one, except one's merit and demerit; good and evil deeds follow one even after death.”

Sarada Devi (1853–1920) Hindu religious figure, spiritual consort of Ramakrishna

“Our forefathers found the evils of free thinking more to be endured than the evils of inquest or suppression. This is because thoughtful, bold and independent minds are essential to wide and considered self-government”

Robert H. Jackson (1892–1954) American judge

“There is no inspiration in evil and no power except for its own destruction.”

Eugene V. Debs (1855–1926) American labor and political leader