Quotes by Evil None of the evils which totalitarianism ... claims to remedy is worse than totalitarianism itself. Albert Camus remedy claims evil What’s true of all the evils in the world is true of plague as well. It helps men to rise above themselves. Albert Camus evil men world The rebel can never find peace. He knows what is good and, despite himself, does evil. The value which supports him is never given to him once and for all - he must fight to uphold it, unceasingly. Albert Camus fighting evil peace By giving too much importance to fine actions one may end by paying an indirect but powerful tribute to evil, because in so doing one implies that such fine actions are only valuable because they are rare, and that malice or indifference are far more common motives in the actions of men. Albert Camus powerful evil men Metaphysical rebellion is a claim, motivated by the concept of a complete unity, against the suffering of life and death and a protest against the human condition both for its incompleteness, thanks to death, and its wastefulness, thanks to evil. Albert Camus unity life-and-death evil The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything. Albert Einstein mean-people evil world The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it. Albert Einstein peril evil world Any government is evil if it carries within it the tendency to deteriorate into Tyranny. The danger of such deterioration is more acute in a country in which the government has authority not only over the armed forces but also over every channel of education and information. Albert Einstein government evil country Pablo Casals is a very great artist. What I admire is the firm stand he has taken not only against the oppressors of his countrymen, but also against those opportunists who are always ready to compromise with the Devil. He perceives clearly that the world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it. Albert Einstein artist taken evil This crippling of individuals I consider the worst evil of capitalism. Our whole educational system suffers from this evil. An exaggerated competitive attitude is inculcated into the student, who is trained to worship acquisitive success as a preparation for his future. Albert Einstein educational evil attitude I am convinced there is only one way to eliminate these grave evils, namely through the establishment of a socialist economy, accompanied by an educational system which would be oriented toward social goals. Albert Einstein socialist-economy educational evil The economic anarchy of capitalist society as it exists today is, in my opinion, the real source of evil. Albert Einstein political real evil The world is not full of evil because of those who do wrong. It is full of evil because of those who do nothing. Albert Einstein words-of-wisdom change evil The armament industry is indeed one of the greatest dangers that beset mankind. It is the hidden evil power. Albert Einstein armament danger evil I must seem like an ostrich who forever burries its head in the relativistic sands in order not to face the evil quanta. Albert Einstein ostriches evil order It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man. Albert Einstein real-men nuclear evil The world is an evil place to live in. Not for those who do evil, but for those who sit back and allow evil to occur. Albert Einstein places-to-live evil world The world is a dangerous place to live Albert Einstein dangerous-world apathy evil Reverence for Life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely, that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life and that to destroy, harm, or to hinder life is evil. Affirmation of the world - that is affirmation of the will to live, which appears in phenomenal forms all around me - is only possible for me in that I give myself out for other life. Albert Schweitzer evil giving life Once a man recognizes himself as a being surrounded by other beings in this world and begins to respect his life and take it to the highest value, he becomes a thinking being. Then he values other lives and experiences them as part of his own life. With that, his goal is to help everyone take their life to the highest value; anything which limits or destroys a life is evil. That is morality. That is how men are related to the world around them. Albert Schweitzer evil men thinking «23456789101112»
