Wickedness

If there is one realm in which it is essential to be sublime, it is in wickedness. You spit on a petty thief, but you can't deny a kind of respect for the great criminal.
Denis Diderot
Respect
Wickedness
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
Joseph Conrad
Men
Belief
Evil
Supernatural
Wickedness
Our goodness comes solely from thinking on goodness; our wickedness from thinking on wickedness. We too are the victims of our own contemplation.
John Jay Chapman
Contemplation
Goodness
Thinking
Victims
Wickedness
What is their potential for evil; what is their potential for wickedness? That's the only time that those characters become interesting to watch.
Jennifer Beals
Time
Evil
Potential
Wickedness