Park Chan-wook Quotes

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.

When anything is in the presence of evil, but is not as yet evil, the presence of good arouses the desire of good in that thing; but the presence of evil, which makes a thing evil, takes away the desire and friendship of the good; for that which was once both good and evil has now become evil only, and the good has no friendship with evil.

We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and in a very real sense all is evil, since nothing is in its proper place.

There is evil prowling in the world - it shows up in our movies, video games and online fascinations, and finds its way into vulnerable hearts and minds.

Let us confess it: evil strides the world.

the touch of evil poisons by the idea of it. Reject the idea, and you've rejected the evil

The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of a bad man.

evil soon makes tools out of those who don't hate it.

It must be that evil communications corrupt good dispositions.

The greatest penalty of evil-doing is to grow into the likeness of bad men, and, growing like them, to fly from the conversation of the good, and be cut off from them, and cleave to and follow after the company of the bad.

It is in our hearts that evil lies, and it is from our hearts that it must be plucked out.

That which is evil is soon learned.

The evil implanted in man by nature spreads so imperceptibly, when the habit of wrong-doing is unchecked, that he himself can set no limit to his shamelessness.

The ulterior motives with which you absorb and assimilate Evil are not your own but those of Evil.

They were still all beautiful and there was still enchantment and wonder, but she had crossed a line and now the fairy tale was green with corruption and evil.

You had evil inside you, and you indulged it. Men will always indulge it.

It is the stain and disgrace of the age to envy virtue, and to be anxious to crush the very flower of dignity.

Because again, if Lucifer can make an aberration seem normal- or better yet, evil seem normal, he has made striking inroads.

If thou wishest to get rid of thy evil propensities, thou must keep far from evil companions.

Allow the purity of evil to guide you.

Evil company is always to be shunned; because it leads to lust and anger, illusion, forgetfulness of the goal, destruction of the will (lack of perseverance), and destruction of everything. (Narada Bhakti Sutra)

No man ever became very wicked all at once.

If I now recognize evil in other people, is it not because I have become evil too?

As the salt flavors every drop in the Atlantic, so does sin affect every atom of our nature. It is so sadly there, so abundantly there, that if you cannot detect it, you are deceived.