“Evil thenceforth became my good.”

“I became convinced that noncooperation with evil is as much a moral obligation as is cooperation with good.”

“Goodness is more difficult than evil. Evil men knew that more than good men. That's why they became evil. That's why it stuck with them. Evil was for those who could never reach the truth. It was a mask for stupidity and lack of love.”

“Goodness was more difficult than evil. Evil men knew that more than good men. That's why they became evil. That's why it stuck with them. Evil was for those who could never reach the truth. It was a mask for stupidity and lack of love. Even if people laughed at the notion of goodness, if they found it sentimental, or nostalgic, it didn't matter -- it was none of those things, he said, and it had to be fought for.”

“Thenceforth they thought that, rationally concluded, doubt could become an instrument of knowledge.”

“Newer religions, among them Christianity, saw the world as a battlefield between good and evil. In such a world, sex itself became dichotomized and battle was joined between opposing nations of proper sexual practice.”