Sunday, August 31, 2025

The Nature of Evil

"The greatest evil is not done in those sordid 'dens of crime' that Dickens loved to paint ... it is conceived and ... moved, seconded, carried, and minuted ... in clean, carpeted, warmed, and well-lighted offices, by quiet men with white collars and cut fingernails and smooth-shaven cheeks who do not need to raise their voices."

C. S. Lewis, Screwtape Letters, preface