Quotes about evil

We all disapprove of prostitution but we do not all approve of purity. The only way to discuss the social evil is to get at once to the social ideal. We can all see the national madness but what is national sanity?

Those who flame up in anger against you Satan gave them the fire to do so! Those who scratch your wound for it to pain you Satan gave them the stick to do so! Don’t hate the people hate the man who sponsor’s them~ satan!

A man who chooses between drinking a glass of milk and a glass of a solution of potassium cyanide does not choose between two beverages he chooses between life and death. A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society. Socialism is not an alternative to capitalism it is an alternative to any system under which men can live as human beings.

The processing of universals is the job of the unconscious. If we feed it the opposite it breaks when it breaks we break and the people around us break.

It is not the hand that rocks the cradle that rules the world it is the woman that holds the keys to the kingdom.

All that which is proper to the life of a rational being is the good all that which destroys it is the evil.

The victim is always morally superior to the master that is the victim's ambivalent triumph. That is why there have been so few notoriously wicked women in comparison to the number of notoriously wicked men our victim status ensures that we rarely have the opportunity.

What do we find God 'doing about' this business of sin and evil?...God did not abolish the fact of evil He transformed it. He did not stop the Crucifixion He rose from the dead.

Just say “no” to bad attitudes. They may say you are “nobody”. Yes! That’s who you are a “body” that says “no” to evil things!

The wrath of God is never an evil wrath. God gets angry because he loves people like a mother would love her child if someone were to harm it. There is something wrong if the mother never gets angry it is safe to say that that is the unloving mother.

Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer nothing is more difficult than to understand him.

I simply want to live to cause no evil to anyone but myself.

Demons are like obedient dogs they come when they are called.

None of us can avoid being contaminated by the world's evils it's all a matter of what attitude you take towards them.

Evil always wins through the strength of its splendid dupes and there has in all ages been a disastrous alliance between abnormal innocence and abnormal sin.

Goodness was not a trait you acquired it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil.

A good end cannot sanctify evil means nor must we ever do evil that good may come of it.

Evil is relatively rare ignorance is epidemic.

Heroic ambition seemed to have been the cause of much of the world's pain then - quite like it is now. No villain ever saw himself a villain: he only saw himself a hero and this goes just as no hero ever saw himself a hero: he simply did what he had to do. No true hero initially sets out with intentions of being deemed a hero.

On Virtue - Goodness is its own reward. It has to be nothing else rewards it.

There is a method to man’s wickedness it evolves by degree.

Good at the wrong place and time becomes evil evil in the right place and time becomes good.

There are two things that can stop us from committing an evil act love and fear- religion always chooses the latter one.

Our minds are a battle ground between good and bad ideas we are whatever side wins the battle

The fact that we see something as evil may not necessarily make that thing evil. Evil cannot contest good succeed and persist

Evil originates not in the absence of guilt but in our effort to escape it.

The subtle and deadly change of heart that might occur in you would be involved with the realization that a civilization is not destroyed by wicked people it is not necessary that people be wicked but only that they be spineless.

Everyone knows that evil should be avoided wherever possible few actually know where it is possible.

War is the most evil kind of human approach unless it is for good cause.

Evil spawns mayhem while benevolence repairs doing good comforts the living while prayers are extended to the one who attends to the dead.

Evil is predicable Good is paradoxical.

When a tree falls it resounds with a thundering crash and yet a whole forest grows in silence.

Life is not a matter for simple optimism--for there is evil nor for mere pessimism--for there is good. The possibility for good in the face of evil is what gives life tragic meaning.

Outwardly I was all confidence and openness inwardly I was spiteful and lonely and unaware of how to relate to the world. I wanted so much to be good but only knew how to appear that way by being bad.

The evil that men do lives after themThe good is oft interred with their bones.

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

Beauty is no quality in things themselves: It exists merely in the mind which contemplates them and each mind perceives a different beauty.

There comes a time when a human being has to either face evil or admit to allowing it. Abortion is legal in the United States, but it should not be celebrated or used as a political tool. Viable babies are human beings.

My dad's quite a conservative person, and he brought me up to be very questioning of the commercial world. He looked down on pop culture. I definitely got the impression that pop was evil and that Britney Spears was evil.

A society that chooses between capitalism and socialism does not choose between two social systems it chooses between social cooperation and the disintegration of society.

Without the law commanding good there could be no evil. But the same law makes it possible for the creature to exist. Without the law man would sink into nothingness the law determines his humanity.

Solitude is better than the society of evil persons.

Bigotry or prejudice in any form is more than a problem it is a deep-seated evil within our society.

For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in continuous creation and therefore continuous change and insecurity.

Abortion isn't a lesser evil, it's a crime. Taking one life to save another, that's what the Mafia does. It's a crime. It's an absolute evil.

Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.

The one thing that offends me the most is when I walk by a bank and see ads trying to convince people to take out second mortgages on their home so they can go on vacation. That's approaching evil.

The evil that men do lives after them the good is oft interred with their bones.

If money is the root of all evil, then China's manipulation of its currency, the yuan, is the tap root of everything wrong with the U.S.-China trade relationship.

When I sit down to write a novel, I am exploring my own relationship with God, with the struggle between good and evil, my own purpose.

I am not moved by what people say or do concerning my relationship with God. I submit myself to His direct will, which is good and perfect with no evil in it.

Back in the mid '90s, I went to a film festival, and they were airing 'Central Park West' at the same time as this cute little romantic comedy movie called 'French Exit,' and I got to go from one theater where I was goofy, falling over myself, to this kind of evil vixen kind of character.

But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster.

For evil to flourish, it only requires good men to do nothing.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.

It's that evil twin part of me that always comes out at the absolute wrong political moment, like a demon possessing my soul; it exhibits itself as an arrogance or disdain or obnoxiousness or meanness or anger or pettiness - all traits that are lethal in politics.

Of the seven deadly sins, anger has long been the one with the best box of costumes. When the guy in the next car rages at you, he's dangerous. When you rage at him, you're just. We can usually recognize the results of anger, especially in others, as destructive and evil.

The world needs anger. The world often continues to allow evil because it isn't angry enough.

Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties either -- but right through every human heart -- and through all human hearts. This line shifts. Inside us, it oscillates with the years. And even within hearts overwhelmed by evil, one small bridgehead of good is retained. And even in the best of all hearts, there remains ... an unuprooted small corner of

I was reading in the paper today that Congress wants to replace the dollar bill with a coin. They’ve already done it. It’s called a nickel.

The devil would be powerless if he couldn't entice people to do his work. So as long as money continues to seduce the hungry, the hopeless, the broken, the greedy, and the needy, there will always be war between brothers.

They say money is the rude of all evil, however I know poor people that can quite fit the bill.

When it comes to moral dilemmas and matters of discerning right justice, my natural sympathy so often happens to land on the opposite end of that of most of my peers. I sometimes wonder if this is nothing more than the misguidedness and the wickedness of my own heart. I wonder other times if God wires some of us in such a way so that fair discourse might then be provided, so that honest and unbiased, due process is ultimately more likely to be carried out. Perhaps it is all necessary for varianc

The sun's rays have vision and give us vision. However, it is the birds' eyes and the two invisible angels by your side that record everything. Nothing goes unnoticed throughout the universe. Wherever there is a vibration, there are eyes and ears. Some energies don't need ears or vision to see or hear, they can feel what is in your heart and tap into all your sins and fears.

Money is never the cause of all evil, ignorance is!

The price on money is life

Evil comes often to a man with money; tyranny comes surely to him without it. I say this, who am Mathurin Kerbouchard, a homeless wanderer upon the earth's far roads. I speak as one who has known hunger and feast, poverty and riches, the glory of the sword and the humility of the defenseless. Hunger inspires no talent, and carried too far, it deadens the faculties and destroys initiative...

It is important to remember that good overcomes evil

It is not the love of money that is evil—it is the lack of money that causes evil. It is working at a job we hate that is evil. Working hard yet not earning enough to provide for our families is evil. For some, being deeply in debt is evil. Fighting with people you love over money is evil. Being greedy is evil. Committing criminal or immoral acts to get money is evil. Money by itself is not evil. Money is just money.

15. “The love of money is the root of all evil” (1Timothy 6:10, KJV). That’s why Jesus issues more warnings about materialism and wealth than any other sin. Obviously, it takes a steady hand to hold a full cup.

The love of money, not money, is root of all evil.

That's why Credit card companies are evil. Are they sponsoring the show tonight? ... They are Evil.

The Bible does not say money is the root of all evil; it says the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. A poor man who, in his heart, worships the idea of being rich is more vulnerable to its evils than a rich man who has a heart to use it all for the Lord.

This planet was a marketplace where evil tugged murderously at its chains. Its spies were everywhere. At windy corners where young girls with knowing children’s faces were selling flowers and matches, on the operating tables at the hospitals, in the slums, at railway stations, under viaducts.

It is better to act right than seek right.

Peace does not come from destroying evil, but from building goodness.

How would I explain to him that I couldn’t make peace with him? How would I explain that if I did I would immediately lose my inner balance? How would I explain that one of the arms of my internal scales would suddenly shoot upward? How would I explain that my hatred of him counterbalanced the weight of evil that had fallen on my youth? How would I explain that he embodied all the evils in my life? How would I explain to him that I needed to hate him?

Love is our strength to overcome the evils of the world.

Crooked Warden, I will fear no darkness for the night is yours," muttered Locke, pointing the first two fingers of his left hand into the darkness. The Dagger of the Thirteenth, a thief's gesture against evil. "Your night is my cloak, my shield, my escape from those who hunt to feed the noose. I will fear no evil, for you have made the night my friend.""Bless the Benefactor," said Jean, squeezing Locke's left forearm. "Peace and profit to his children.

An evil can only be killed by another kind of evil, because the pure spirit of peace can not do killing.

We haven't been too bad, have we?""No, nor enormously good. I suppose that's the trouble - we haven't been much of anything except us, while a big part of the world was busy being lots of awful things.

If we want truth and justice to rule our global village, there must be no hypocrisy. If there is no truth, then there will be no equality. No equality, no justice. No justice, no peace. No peace, no love. No love, only darkness.

Are you for peace? The great test of your devotion to peace is not how many words you utter on its behalf. It’s not even how you propose to deal with people of other countries, though that certainly tells us something. To fully measure your “peacefulness” requires that we examine how you propose to treat people in your own backyard. Do you demand more of what doesn’t belong to you? Do you endorse the use of force to punish people for victimless “crimes”? Do you support politicians who promise to

All those who seek to destroy the liberties of a democratic nation ought to know that war is the surest and shortest means to accomplish it.

Peace of Man"Greet each man with words of loveAnd peace,And a dove will be placedOn an olive tree.Leave a man with feelingsOf betrayalOr envy,And a dove gets shotOff the olive tree.Greet each man with peace,And leave each man with love.Ask yourself -One more enemy,Or one more dove?Always choose love.It's time for everybody toSpeak love.Let's fill the trees with doves,And spread the leaves of love.So,Always addAnd never subtractAnother peace of manFrom the olive tree.

Rhetorical bombast, music and song resound, banners wave, flowers and colors serve as symbols, and the leaders seek to attach their followers to their own person. Liberalism has nothing to do with all this. It has no party flower and no party color, no party song and no party idols, no symbols and no slogans. It has the substance and the arguments. These must lead it to victory.

One of the greatest evils is the foolishness of a good man. For the giving man to withhold helping someone in order to first assure personal fortification is not selfish, but to elude needless self-destruction; martyrdom is only practical when the thought is to die, else a good man faces the consequence of digging a hole from which he cannot escape, and truly helps no one in the long run.

If you try to cure evil with evilyou will add more pain to your fate.

If you are for gun control, then you are not against guns, because the guns will be needed to disarm people. So it’s not that you are anti-gun. You’ll need the police’s guns to take away other people’s guns. So you’re very pro-gun; you just believe that only the Government (which is, of course, so reliable, honest, moral and virtuous…) should be allowed to have guns. There is no such thing as gun control. There is only centralizing gun ownership in the hands of a small political elite and their

Confess your sins. God will cleanse you of all the wrongs done.

If we would answer the question of the existence of the Evil then we would not be sinners, we could make something else responsible.

The life that brings light in the family often attracts darkness in form of envy and hatred that stands as encumbrances

Some of the most evil human beings in the world are psychiatrists. Not all psychiatrists. Some psychiatrists are selfless, caring people who really want to help. But the sad truth is that in today's society, mental health isn't a science. It's an industry. Ritalin, Zoloft, Prozac, Lexapro, Resperidone, happy pills that are supposed to "normalize" the behavior of our families, our colleagues, our friends - tell me that doesn't sound the least bit creepy! Mental health is subjective. To us, a litt

If we pray we shall put an end to evil intentions.

When the Christian or the church becomes popular with the unbelieving world, something is seriously wrong. Because Christ runs counter to evil and because we are Christ-owned, we must also stand against evil.

If you wish gain understanding, turn away from evil.

Faustus, who embraced evil and shunned righteousness, became the foremost symbol of the misuse of free will, that sublime gift from God with its inherent opportunity to choose virtue and reject iniquity. “What shall a man gain if he has the whole world and lose his soul,” (Matt. 16: v. 26) - but for a notorious name, the ethereal shadow of a career, and a brief life of fleeting pleasure with no true peace? This was the blackest and most captivating tragedy of all, few could have remained indiffe

Hate the evil.