Quotes about evil
evil would-be three
It is said that there are three sources of evil, "the world, the flesh, and the Devil"; but the world and the flesh would be innocent were it not for the Devil. Peter Kreeft
evil judgement doe
Our judgements of good and evil ... presuppose God as the standard. If there's no God, there's neither good nor evil. There's just nature doing what it does
evil friendly world
Until we stop clinging to the concept of good and evil, the world will continue to manifest as friendly goddesses and harmful demons. Pema Chodron
evil soul monsters
If the fiercest conglomerate monsters had souls, with all that implied, who could condemn them as evil? Piers Anthony
evil good-and-evil
We do good by ourselves, but we seldom do wrong alone. Phyllis Bottome
evil freedom-of-speech intellectual
Religion grants its adherents malign, intoxicating and morally corrosive sensations. Destroying intellectual freedom is always evil, but only religion makes doing evil feel quite so good. Philip Pullman
evil poverty citizens
There should exist among the citizens neither extreme poverty nor again excessive wealth, for both are productive of great evil. Plato
evil world enthusiasm
The banality of evil transmutes into the banality of sentimentality. The world is nothing but a problem to be solved by enthusiasm. Teju Cole
evil heaven demand
In Heaven all reviews will be favorable; here on earth, the publisher realizes, plausibility demands an occasional bad one, some convincing lump in all that leaven, and he accepts it somewhat as a theologian accepts Evil. Randall Jarrell
evil shadow literature
Nature and literature are subjective phenomena; every evil and every good thing is a shadow which we cast Ralph Waldo Emerson
evil benefactors
Every evil to which we do not succumb is a benefactor.
evil vengeance wave
The wave of evil washes all our institutions alike.
evil giving choices
Dangerous thing, giving humanity the knowledge of good and evil. And the capacity to make the wrong choice more often than not. Lawrence Block
evil selfishness weakness
So it is the fear, weakness, selfishness, and cowardice of onlookers that permit evil behavior to persist. Laura Schlessinger
evil use done
Evil must be confronted in its womb and, if it can't be done otherwise, then it has to be dealt with by the use of force. Vaclav Havel
evil honest mistaken
We never do evil so thoroughly and heartily as when led to it by an honest but perverted, because mistaken, conscience. Tryon Edwards
evil evil-things
the evil thing is inside, not out. Suzanne Collins
evil gains ill
Ill-gotten gains work evil. Sophocles
evil sailing fairs
It is always fair sailing, when you escape evil.
evil pet want
Death is not the greatest of evils; it is worse to want to die, and not be able to.
evil excuse ends
The end excuses any evil.
evil
To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
evil
Evil counsel travels fast.
evil anarchy anarchism
There is no greater evil than anarchy.
evil
No one who errs unwillingly is evil.
evil earth deeds
If God rewards us on earth for good deeds—the Old Testament suggests it’s so, and the Puritans certainly believed it—then maybe Satan rewards us for evil ones. Stephen King
evil opinion dark-tower
I have no opinion. No, none at all. Opinion is politics, and politics is an evil which has caused many a fellow to be hung while he's still young and pretty.
evil cost achieve
It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.
evil holocaust crime
The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed. Stephen Ambrose
evil anarchy distraction
Distraction serves evil more than any other mental state. Stefan Molyneux
evil mind acknowledgement
The major abscess in the mind is a lack of acknowledgement of evil.
evil steps mental-health
The acknowledgement of having suffered evil is the greatest step forward in mental health.
evil good-and-evil
Good and evil exists everywhere. Taylor Momsen