People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.
By doing good we become good.
Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces.
Our greatest evils flow from ourselves.
Whence do I get my rules of conduct? I find them in my heart. Whatever I feel to be good is good. Whatever I feel to be evil is evil. Conscience is the best of casuists.
Physical evils destroy themselves, or they destroy us.
Our greatest evil flows from ourselves.