#evil

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man. ↗

— Franz Kafka

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There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses is the Evil in the spiritual world, and what we call Evil is only the necessity of a moment in our eternal evolution. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#call #eternal #evil #evolution #moment

You slam a politician, you make out he's the devil, with horns and hoofs. But his wife loves him, and so did all his mistresses. ↗

— Pamela Hansford Johnson

#did #him #his #horns #loves

I remember I was like five or six years old; I played the devil. That was my first role. ↗

— Raul Julia

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The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition. ↗

— Carl Jung

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It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts. ↗

— Carl Jung

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Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness. ↗

— Carl Jung

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The lives of the best of us are spent in choosing between evils. ↗

— Junius

#between #choosing #evils #lives #spent

Evil is whatever distracts. ↗

— Franz Kafka

#evil #whatever

The Jew is upset because the nations of the world - the United Nations - lash him, brand him as racist and evil, hate him and openly demonstrate their desire to destroy him. ↗

— Meir Kahane

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