Quotes about evil
evil individuality fundamentals
What is wanted - whether this is admitted or not - is nothing less than a fundamental remolding, indeed weakening and abolition of the individual: one never tires of enumerating and indicating all that is evil and inimical, prodigal, costly, extravagant in the form individual existence has assumed hitherto, one hopes to manage more cheaply, more safely, more equitably, more uniformly if there exist only large bodies and their members. Friedrich Nietzsche
evil groups madness
Madness is the exception in individuals but the rule in groups.
evil gains our-lives
The great epochs of our life come when we gain the courage to rechristen our evil as what is best in us.
evil sovereign bounds
Evil Rulers Are Never Beyond The Bounds of God's Sovereign Will Jerry Bridges
evil leaving suffering
Death is not an evil, because it frees us from all evils, and while it takes away good things, it takes away also the desire for them. Old age is the supreme evil, because it deprives us of all pleasures, leaving us only the appetite for them, and it brings with it all sufferings. Nevertheless, we fear death, and we desire old age. Giacomo Leopardi
evil done agents
I will begin with this confession: whatever I have done in the course of my life, whether it be good or evil, has been done freely; I am a free agent. Giacomo Casanova
evil ends journalist
Journalists grow accustomed to seeing evil and they let it pass; they proceed to approve it, and they end by committing it themselves. Honore de Balzac
evil cures quacks
Let us leave the cure of public evils to those quacks, the statesmen.
evil contagious sublimity
Like evil, sublimity is also contagious.
evil good grace hear tendencies
Hear good things, see good, do good, think good, then you get the Grace of God, as all the evil tendencies will be uprooted. Sathya Baba
evil justice doe
God has ordained the state as a delegated authority; it is not autonomous. The state is to be an agent of justice, to restrain evil by punishing the wrongdoer, and to protect the good in society. When it does the reverse, it has no proper authority. It is then a usurped authority and as such it becomes lawless and is tyranny. Francis Schaeffer
evil pluck
Better one thorn pluck'd out than all remain. Horace
evil joy suffering
The melancholy joys of evils pass'd, For he who much has suffer'd, much will know. Homer
evil
And would'st thou evil for his good repay?
evil looks woe
Look now how mortals are blaming the gods, for they say that evils come from us, but in fact they themselves have woes beyond their share because of their own follies.
evil people hip-hop
Cuz this is what happens when bad meets evil We hit the trees till we look like Vietnamese people Eminem
evil
So many lives I touch, so much anger.
evil backwards
Love, when spelled backwards and read phonetically, reads evil
evil trouble hell
I knew I was in trouble, but I thought I was in hell. Elvis Costello
evil association violence
Its [Communism's] unfortunate association with violence encourages a certain evil tendency in human beings. Jawaharlal Nehru
evil poison grows
Evil unchecked grows, evil tolerated poisons the whole system.
evil regimes interest
As so often happens in politics, what appears to be politically expedient for those in power rarely overlaps with the public interest. The lesser evils of the regime become entrenched, while the greater good is never realized. Jason Stearns
evil knows know-how
True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good--and we all know how rare that is... Jasper Fforde
evil occupation idleness
Idleness and lack of occupation tend - nay are dragged - towards evil.... Hippocrates
evil decision doe
The closed language does not demonstrate and explain it communicates decision, dictum, command. Where it defines, the definition becomes "separation of good from evil;" it establishes unquestionable Herbert Marcuse
evil despair world
There's only one great evil in the world today. Despair. Evelyn Waugh
evil spirituality modern
To the modern spirit, disillusioned, or at least unillusioned, the great evil to be avoided is sentimentality. Irwin Edman
evil action existence
There are neither good nor evil, only the existence and action. Irving Stone
evil face looked
His face looked kind of lifeless. It looked evil.
evil mouth
Because, where I'm from, you see no evil, you do no evil. If you see something, you keep your mouth shut.
evil earth mass
Good and evil do not exist for me any more. The fear of evil is merely a mass projection here and on Earth. Hans Bender
evil mind being-positive
You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil. Between them are countless facets. Therefore, concentrate on the depth of your consciousness and on what you consider to be positive and good.
evil forgiving resentment
Resentment is an evil so costly to our peace that we should find it more cheap to forgive even were it no more right. Hannah More