It is a fact that cannot be denied: the wickedness of others becomes our own wickedness because it kindles something evil in our own hearts.

We are in a far better position to observe instincts in animals or in primitives than in ourselves. This is due to the fact that we have grown accustomed to scrutinizing our own actions and to seeking rational explanations for them.

We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses.

Understanding does not cure evil, but it is a definite help, inasmuch as one can cope with a comprehensible darkness.

Evil is an illusion that diffuses itself in form of an act and done without compassion

Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.