Submitted by jbudziszewski on Wed, 08/13/2014 - 00:00

“Imaginary evil is romantic and varied, full of charm; imaginary good is tiresome and flat.  Real evil, however, is dreary, monotonous, barren.  Real good is always new, marvelous, intoxicating.”  -- Simone Weil, Notebooks

Submitted by jbudziszewski on Tue, 08/12/2014 - 00:00

“If God indeed does exist, what is the source of evil?  But if He does not exist, what is the source of good?”  -- Boethius, The Consolation of Philosophy, Book 1, Chapter 4

Submitted by jbudziszewski on Sun, 08/10/2014 - 00:00

“Anyone who denies the law of non-contradiction should be beaten and burned until he admits that to be beaten is not the same as not to be beaten, and to be burned is not the same as not to be burned.”  --  Avicenna,