Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
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The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.
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Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.
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Most people think companies are basically evil. They get a bad rap. And I think that's somewhat correct.
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The omnipotence of evil has never resulted in anything but fruitless efforts. Our thoughts always escape from whoever tries to smother them.
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Capital as such is not evil; it is its wrong use that is evil. Capital in some form or other will always be needed.
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The search for a Jewish national home came about due to centuries of anti-Semitic pogroms, expulsions, discrimination and hate. The Holocaust was simply the evil culmination of all that came before it.
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It's critical that we use a very dark brush to paint evil. When you bring the light into that darkness as characterized in John 1, that light is very vivid. When it dispels the darkness, we see the brilliance that's there.
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I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.
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The Holocaust changed our perception of morality not only because we discovered that morality is the only thing that can stand up to the ultimate evil, but also because it shifted the focus from society to the individual.
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Love truly does have the power to transcend evil. It can get us through the most unspeakable of events and give us the strength to keep on putting one foot in front of the other.
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If they exert it not for good, they will for evil; if they advance not knowledge, they will perpetuate ignorance.
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So certainly, if we can tell evil stories to make people sick, we can also tell good myths that make them well.
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I read a lot on the subject and had many conversations, and I have come to the conclusion that the Catholic Church is a force for evil.
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Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.
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In New York, we tip everyone. We tip doormen, we tip cab drivers, and we tip bartenders at the bar. You'll get quite an evil eye if you don't leave a tip at the bar.
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The only objects of practical reason are therefore those of good and evil. For by the former is meant an object necessarily desired according to a principle of reason; by the latter one necessarily shunned, also according to a principle of reason.
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The winged words uttered in this House have gone forth to the world, on their mission of good or of evil.
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Never open the door to a lesser evil, for other and greater ones invariably slink in after it.
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I think evil is very relative.
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The devil doesn't stay where there is music.
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I think it's difficult for young people to acknowledge being smart, to knowledge being a reader. I see kids who are embarrassed to read books. They're embarrassed to have people see them doing it.
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If you know the filmmaker is good and the leading actor is a movie star like Diane Lane, you know you're part of something great.
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For the live shows, I'm just getting my song together. I go back to my hotel room and I just listen to my song over and over again, figure out how to make it different and put my little Pia spin on it.
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The Evil One has left, the evil ones remain.
