“Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them.”
“It was the forest’s fault. Those two handsome woodcutters. An evil place, the forest, everyone knew it, full of temptations and imps...”
“How can you hope to recognize good and evil for what they truly are if you have no belief in a moral authority greater than yourself?”
“As you know, human history is full of evil deeds, and maybe we ought to think of them with tears, not fascination.”
“Oh, oh, no greater evil is there in this world, than the evil that lies in the hearts of those who repay good with evil. Oh no greater shame be upon anyone in this world, than the shame that be upon the heads of those who will not save the life that saved them. No greater evil, no greater shame. No greater trespass against God and angel and man; than a human who can say that they are entitled to repay good with evil.”
“Authors, full of evil thoughts, lock up your typewriters.”