I was definitely born under an evil star. I have just been thrown out of the inn where I was staying, naked as a worm.
I think that we all know what evil is. We have a sense of what's evil, and certainly killing innocent people is evil. We're less sure about what is good. There's sort of good, good enough, could be better - but absolute good is a little harder to define.
At some point we must make a decision not to allow the mere threat of charges of cultural or religious insensitivity to stop us from dealing with this evil.
We know that segregation is evil. We know that the sickest children should not go to the worst hospitals. No, I refuse to pretend the problem is insufficient knowledge. We lack the theological will to do it.
Here is Mike Wallace, who is visible to the public, and I have been watching him since the early '50s. Smoking up a storm and insulting his guests and being absolutely wonderfully evil and charming too.
Art is an attempt to integrate evil.
No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly.
Where destruction is the motive, unity is dangerous. For example, if I have evil intent and I galvanize that evil intent with many others, the capacity to destroy is immense. Where goodness is the motive, unity is phenomenal and actually has some good issues to it.
Human nature is evil, and goodness is caused by intentional activity.
I want to show people how there are variations and different interpretations of good and evil.
Evil is the interruption of a truth by the pressure of particular or individual interests.
It is not good practice to become intrigued by Satan and his mysteries. No good can come from getting close to evil.
Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.
The PhD system is the real root of the evil of academic snobbery. People who have PhDs consider themselves a priesthood, and inventors generally don't have PhDs.
I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It's a cruel and evil government.
America has shown its evil intentions, and the proud Iraqi people cannot accept it. They must defend their rights by any means they see fit.
I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things?
I really don't want to portray the Islamists as simply evil, the way it's often done in the west.
I wouldn't say jamie is an evil genius. I'm not sure he's evil and I'm not sure he's a genius.
To fight against the infidels is Jihad; but to fight against your evil self is greater Jihad.
