What we most want to ask of our Maker is an unfolding of the divine purpose in putting human beings into conditions in which such numbers of them would be sure to go wrong.

When evil acts in the world it always manages to find instruments who believe that what they do is not evil but honorable.

When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.

It is the evil that lies in ourselves that is ever least tolerant of the evil that dwells within others.

There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish; to bewail it senseless.

Evil alone has oil for every wheel.

The great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our evil as what is best in us.

Submit to the present evil, lest a greater one befall you.

Six well-spent years will pay off all the evil you have committed.

If you expect the wise man to be as angry as the baseness of crimes requires, then he must not only be angry but go insane.