Evil Quotes - Page 77

To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.

The ne plus ultra of wickedness ... is embodied in what is commonly presented to mankind as the creed of Christianity.

I am now-the friend of the equal rights of men, of representative democracy, of republicanism and the Declaration of Independence, the great charter of our national rights; and of course the friend of the indissoluble union and Constitution of the states. I am the enemy of all foreign influence, for all foreign influence is the influence of tyranny. This is the only chosen spot of liberty-this is the only republic on earth." "Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst Of Evils.

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.

Speak boldly and speak truly, shame the devil.

Simplicity is an enduring habit within a soul that has grown impervious to evil thoughts.

Who are you then?" "I am part of that power which eternally wills evil and eternally works good.

The person who in shaky times also wavers only increases the evil, but the person of firm decision fashions the universe.

She's a devil in disguise, I can tell by looking in her eyes, little Miss Strange.

May I love you away from the evils of today to the dreams of tomorrow, you know heaven has no sorrow.

You know how confusing the whole good-evil concept is for me.

Is human nature basically good or evil? No economist can embark upon his profession without considering this question, and yet they all seem to. And they all seem to think human nature is basically good, or they wouldn't be surprised by the effects of deregulation.

There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome." "And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours," he replied with a smile, "is wilfully to misunderstand them.

There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things, in hope to enjoy its own in the end. Its hope is to outlive all wrath and contention, and to weary out all exaltation and cruelty, or whatever is of a nature contrary to itself

It has been said that all Government is an evil. It would be more proper to say that the necessity of any Government is a misfortune. This necessity however exists; and the problem to be solved is, not what form of Government is perfect, but which of the forms is least imperfect.

There is an evil which ought to be guarded against in the indefinite accumulation of property from the capacity of holding it in perpetuity by...corporations. The power of all corporations ought to be limited in this respect. The growing wealth acquired by them never fails to be a source of abuses.

God made food; the devil the cooks.

Have you ever danced with the Devil in the pale moonlight?

You can make the Ring into an allegory of our own time, if you like: and allegory of the inevitable fate that waits for all attempts to defeat evil power by power.

The flesh is a worse enemy than the devil himself.

The really difficult moral issues arise, not from a confrontation of good and evil, but from a collision between two goods

Benevolent desires, after passing a certain point, can not undertake their own fulfillment without incurring the risk of evils beyond those sought to be remedied.

If you believe that God overrules all things for good, and only permits apparently evil happenings for good and the achievement of great ends unbeknown to you, then all is well. All is well because you believe in the sovereignty of God.

The tragic evils of our life are so commonly unintentional. We did not start out for that poor, cheap goal. That aim was not in our minds at all....Look to the road you are walking on. He who picks up one end of [a] stick picks up the other.He who chooses the beginning of a road chooses the place it leads to.

At the same time we are aware that our various religions and ethical traditions often offer very different bases for what is helpful and what is unhelpful for men and women, what is right and what is wrong, what is good and what is evil.