Tryon Edwards Quotes about Evil

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Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

Tryon Edwards

Two, Evil, Choices

Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.197, Ravenio Books

Preventives of evil are far better than remedies; cheaper and easier of application, and surer in result.

Tryon Edwards

Evil, Easier, Results

Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.1063, Ravenio Books

He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out the truth, and often leads to ruinous error.

Tryon Edwards

Truth, Errors, Evil

"A Dictionary of Thoughts: Being a Cyclopedia of Laconic Quotations from the Best Authors of the World, Both Ancient and Modern" by Tryon Edwards, New York, Cassell publishing company, (p. 438), 1891.

Words are both better and worse than thoughts, they express them, and add to them; they give them power for good or evil; they start them on an endless flight, for instruction and comfort and blessing, or for injury and sorrow and ruin.

Tryon Edwards

Blessing, Evil, Giving

Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.1517, Ravenio Books

The first evil choice or act is linked to the second; and each one to the one that follows, both by the tendency of our evil nature and by the power of habit, which holds us as by a destiny

Tryon Edwards

Destiny, Evil, Choices

Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.406, Ravenio Books