A Quote by Lucretius

Such evil deeds could religion prompt.

Lucretius

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Could Deeds Evil Prompt Religion

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Lucretius
Roman - Poet
94 BC - 55 BC

... Do not let the deeds and thoughts of other people confuse you; let them not prompt you to do or say anything evil!

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov

For, owners of their deeds (karma) are the beings, heirs of their deeds; their deeds are the womb from which they sprang; with their deeds they are bound up; their deeds are their refuge. Whatever deeds they do-good or evil-of such they will be the heirs. And wherever the beings spring into existence, there their deeds will ripen; and wherever their deeds ripen, there they will earn the fruits of those deeds, be it in this life, or be it in the next life, or be it in any other future life.

Gautama Buddha

We must not confuse religion with God, or technology with science. Religion stands in relationship to God as technology does in relation to science. Both the conduct of religion and the pursuit of technology are capable of leading mankind into evil; but both can prompt great good.

Robert Winston

So potent was religion in persuading to evil deeds.

Lucretius

There are many possibilities that people can choose from. There are bad and there are good ones. So, look carefully to choose for yourself the noble path... ... Do not let the deeds and thoughts of other people confuse you; let them not prompt you to do or say anything evil! Listen to others' advice and deliberate yourself. Only fools acts thoughtlessly, without consideration!

Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov

I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most of the time, people who appear to be evil are really victims of evil deeds.

Max von Sydow

People’s good deeds we write in water. The evil deeds are etched in brass.

William Shakespeare

I suspect that religion is a necessary evil in the childhood of our particular species. And that's one of the interesting things about contact with other intelligences: we could see what role, if any, religion plays in their development. I think that religion may be some random by-product of mammalian reproduction. If that's true, would non-mammalian aliens have a religion?

Arthur C. Clarke

Keeping away for all evil deeds, cultivation of life by doing good deeds and purification of mind from mental impunities.

Gautama Buddha

Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride lies in wait for good deeds, to destroy them.

Saint Augustine

In the story of the Creation we read: ". . . And behold, it was very good." But, in the passage where Moses reproves Israel, the verse says: "See, I have set before thee this day life and good, and death and evil." Where did the evil come from? Evil too is good. It is the lowest rung of perfect goodness. If you do good deeds, even evil will become good; but if you sin, evil will really become evil.

Martin Buber

I did not know that I would grow to be my mothers evil seed and do these evil deeds.

Eminem

Evil deeds are the fruit of an evil heart. They are not an aberration from our true self but a revelation of it.

Sinclair B. Ferguson

According to the Sutras, evil deeds result in hardships and good deeds result in blessings.

Bodhidharma

Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite so good.