Evil is merely privative, not ...

Evil is merely privative, not absolute: it is like cold, which is the privation of beat.
Evil is merely privative, not absolute: it is like cold, which is the privation of beat.

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Thought is the blossom; language the bud; action the fruit behind it.
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common.
Our distrust is very expensive.
Wisdom has its root in goodness, not goodness its root in wisdom.
Do not follow where the path may lead. Go, instead, where there is no path and leave a trail.