Evil

"The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it. "
Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), Atlas Shrugged, 1957

"The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles. "
Ayn Rand (1905 - 1982), Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal, 1966

"I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room."
Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)

"Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from a religious conviction."
Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)

With challenge comes growth and I am certainly experiencing challenge in my new job. It is very exciting because my growth rate exceeds the rate at which the challenge is growing. An early morning reflection makes us consider the problem of evil. The quotes say it best...