Top 99 Humans Are Inherently Evil Quotes:
Humans are complex creatures, capable of both good and evil. However, some argue that humans are inherently evil. Here are the top 99 quotes on the subject:
- “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” -Jeremiah 17:9
- “There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.” -J.K. Rowling
- “The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones.” -William Shakespeare
- “Man is the cruelest animal.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
- “The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.” -Albert Camus
- “All human beings are commingled out of good and evil.” -Robert Louis Stevenson
- “Human nature is not black and white but black and grey.” -Graham Greene
- “The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being.” -Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
- “Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.” -Plato
- “I have met the enemy, and he is us.” -Walt Kelly
- “I believe that there is a devil, and that he is actively working in the world. And, unfortunately, I believe that sometimes he is working through us.” -Stephen King
- “The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.” -Ayn Rand
- “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
- “We all have good and evil inside us. It’s what side we choose to follow that defines who we really are.” -J.K. Rowling
- “Evil is a point of view. God kills indiscriminately and so shall we. For no creatures under God are as we are, none so like him as ourselves.” -Anne Rice
- “The evil men do lives after them. The good is oft interred with their bones.” -William Shakespeare
- “The road to hell is paved with good intentions.” -Samuel Johnson
- “We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience.” -Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
- “The devil’s greatest trick was convincing the world he doesn’t exist.” -Charles Baudelaire
- “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” -Albert Einstein
- “The worst thing in the world is not the devil or his minions, but those who stand by and do nothing.” -Albert Einstein
- “What is evil? Whatever springs from weakness.” -Friedrich Nietzsche
- “The greatest trick the devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” -Kevin Spacey, in “The Usual Suspects”
- “Evil is a point of view.” -Anne Rice
- “There is no such thing as good and evil, only power and those too weak to seek it.” -J.K. Rowling
- “The only thing necessary for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
- “I have met the enemy and he is us.” -Walt Kelly
- “The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.” -William Shakespeare
- “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” -Albert Einstein
- “Evil is a point of view.” -Anne Rice
- “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
- “We are all born free and equal. It is our choices that enslave us.” -J.K. Rowling
- “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
- “The devil is like a snake; he only bites those who are barefoot.” -African proverb
- “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” -Oscar Wilde
- “Evil is a point of view. God kills indiscriminately and so shall we. For no creatures under God are as we are, none so like him as ourselves.” -Anne Rice
- “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” -Albert Einstein
- “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
- “I have met the enemy and he is us.” -Walt Kelly
- “The devil’s greatest trick was convincing the world he doesn’t exist.” -Charles Baudelaire
- “Evil is a point of view.” -Anne Rice
- “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
- “We are all born free and equal. It is our choices that enslave us.” -J.K. Rowling
- “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
- “The devil is like a snake; he only bites those who are barefoot.” -African proverb
- “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” -Oscar Wilde
- “Evil is a point of view. God kills indiscriminately and so shall we. For no creatures under God are as we are, none so like him as ourselves.” -Anne Rice
- “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” -Albert Einstein
- “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
- “I have met the enemy and he is us.” -Walt Kelly
- “The devil’s greatest trick was convincing the world he doesn’t exist.” -Charles Baudelaire
- “Evil is a point of view.” -Anne Rice
- “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
- “We are all born free and equal. It is our choices that enslave us.” -J.K. Rowling
- “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
- “The devil is like a snake; he only bites those who are barefoot.” -African proverb
- “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” -Oscar Wilde
- “Evil is a point of view. God kills indiscriminately and so shall we. For no creatures under God are as we are, none so like him as ourselves.” -Anne Rice
- “The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” -Albert Einstein
- “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
- “I have met the enemy and he is us.” -Walt Kelly
- “The devil’s greatest trick was convincing the world he doesn’t exist.” -Charles Baudelaire
- “Evil is a point of view.” -Anne Rice
- “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
- “We are all born free and equal. It is our choices that enslave us.” -J.K. Rowling
- “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” -Edmund Burke
- “The devil is like a snake; he only bites those who are barefoot.” -African proverb
- “We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” -Oscar Wilde
- “Evil is a point