#evil

Self is the root, the tree, and the branches of all the evils of our fallen state. ↗

— William Law

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This is the very worst wickedness, that we refuse to acknowledge the passionate evil that is in us. This makes us secret and rotten. ↗

— David Herbert Lawrence

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Some of the evil of my tale may have been inherent in our circumstances. For years we lived anyhow with one another in the naked desert, under the indifferent heaven. ↗

— T. E. Lawrence

#anyhow #been #circumstances #desert #evil

Despair is typical of those who do not understand the causes of evil, see no way out, and are incapable of struggle. The modern industrial proletariat does not belong to the category of such classes. ↗

— Vladimir Lenin

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When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil. ↗

— Max Lerner

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When evil acts in the world it always manages to find instruments who believe that what they do is not evil but honorable. ↗

— Max Lerner

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I hate Iran. I hate the Iranian government. It's a cruel and evil government. ↗

— Doris Lessing

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Education without values, as useful as it is, seems rather to make man a more clever devil. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#devil #education #make #man #more

The long, dull, monotonous years of middle-aged prosperity or middle-aged adversity are excellent campaigning weather for the devil. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

#campaigning #devil #dull #excellent #long

Incendiary capitalism is carrying its out evil works more dangerously than ever, and is doing so in the increasingly dangerous neighborhood of the powder kegs that are the great European military powers. ↗

— Karl Liebknecht

#carrying #dangerous #dangerously #doing #european