OTHER PEOPLE'S WORDS
EVIL
"It often happens,
then, that evil may be recognized by its very disguise... We see the smile
that hides the hatred, the smooth and oily manner that masks the fury,
the velvet glove that covers the fist. Because they are such experts
at disguise, it is seldom possible to pinpoint the maliciousness .....
The disguise is usually impenetrable. But what we catch are glimpses
of 'The uncanny game of hide-and-seek in the obscurity of the soul,
in which it, the single human soul, avoids itself, hides from itself.'
"
- M. Scott Peck, MD, in People of the Lie |