 Those that hate goodness are sometimes nearer than those that know nothing at all about it and think they have it already. Author: C.S. Lewis |
| Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good. Author: C.S. Lewis |
| Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. Author: C.S. Lewis |
| Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war. Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest. Author: C.S. Lewis |
| If a thing is free to be good it is also free to be bad. And free will is what has made evil possible. Why, then, did God give them free will? Because free will, though it makes evil possible, is also the only thing that makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having. Author: C.S. Lewis |
| You cannot make men good by law. Author: C.S. Lewis |
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| When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him. When a man is getting worse he understands his own badness less and less. Author: C.S. Lewis |
| All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room. Author: Blaise Pascal |
| Desire and force between them are responsible for all our actions; desire causes our voluntary acts, force our involuntary. Author: Blaise Pascal |
| Evil is easy, and has infinite forms. Author: Blaise Pascal |
| Man's true nature being lost, everything becomes his nature; as, his true good being lost, everything becomes his good. Author: Blaise Pascal |
| Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. Author: Blaise Pascal |
