There is no devil, no evil force ruling our human world. There is only us, sad ,pathetic human beings, always creating misery where there should be joy.

The desire to control others, to have them in your power, is the ultimate evil.

The love of power id the root of all evil.

I have always considered work, including artistic work, an unnecessary evil.

Work, as it exists today, is nothing but an unnecessary evil.

My feeling about work is that it's an unnecessary evil, so I've always done my best to avoid it.

It is necessary to accept all the terrible things and not be crushed by them.

The innocent are more likely to feel guilty for the good they haven't done than the guilty for the evil they have.

Religions offer comfort to those who in their lives did much evil and little good.