Quotes about good-vs-evil
Bangambiki Habyarimana - The Great Pearl of Wisdom
Our minds are a battle ground between good and bad ideas we are whatever side wins the battle
Margaret Atwood - The Blind Assassin
God works in mysterious ways his wonders to perform, as Reenie used to say. Could it be that Myra is my designated guardian angel? Or is she instead a foretaste of Purgatory? And how do you tell the difference?
S.G. Holster - Thirty Seconds to Die
I loved his enormous aptitude for compassion, adoration and respect. That was his way of showing love. He lacked the capacity for wickedness, and that caressed my belief that he might just be an angel. My angel.
Ljupka Cvetanova - The New Land
Good morning, nightmare!
Thomas Cosmades -
Anyone who witnesses to the Grace of God revealed in Christ is undertaking direct assault against Satan's dominion.
Winston Churchill -
This is the lesson: never give in, never give in, never, never, never, never—in nothing, great or small,large or petty—never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense. Never yield to force;never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.
Erica Crouch - Ignite
No one is only good or only bad. We have a bit of both inside of us all.
Erica Crouch - Ignite
...we are our flaws, but they don't have to define us as either good or evil.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!
Do all the good you can while you still have the opportunity.
William Shakespeare - The Merchant of Venice
The fiend gives the more friendly counsel.
Bill Blais - No Good Deed
The things I’ve seen," he continues easily, "have shown me that the only constant is change. Too much power in one place is a fool’s errand. Eventually, and inevitably, no matter how good the intentions, or how long the life, power always wins out, and everyone suffers for it. The only true path of rational existence is balance; a constant re-assessment of the burdens of power, if you will.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!
Hate will destroy you. Let love be the basis of which you live your life.
Gina Marinello-Sweeney - The Rose and the Sword
Rebecca, we live in a world where darkness seems, in the minds of many, something banished to the world of fairy tales and superhero movies. How surprising it then becomes—even for those of us who believe otherwise—that it may appear in our own lives, in our own battles. To face an opponent that is more than the average ‘jerk,’ who has made a deadly choice, is, let us admit it, nothing that we expect to experience.
Bangambiki Habyarimana - Book of Wisdom
There is no one who is completely evil as to lack some goodness in him.
Ray Bradbury -
Good to evil seems evil a
R. Alan Woods - The Journey Is the Destination: A Book of Quotes With Commentaries
Beware when wrong-doing is called good and right-doing is called evil.
Ray Bradbury - Something Wicked This Way Comes
Good to evil seems evil
Kendi Thompson - Year of the Cat: The Thirteenth Realm
Prophecy of Balance (Year of the Cat)“There must be balance,” Source repeated,“For mankind to flourish on the Earth-Throne he’s seated.”His life is a gift from the gods, they created,And the power to wield choice, but the outcome is weighted.Seeing the harm and chaos humans manifest,Wore heavily upon the goodness within their immortal breast.But the gods disagreed, and two groups they split,Each one possessing their own talent and wit.One side fights for freedom of Man’s soul,But the other wants
Gina Marinello-Sweeney - The Rose and the Sword
Can a rose survive in winter?
John Connolly - The Infernals
No matter how hard Evil tries, it can never quite match up to the power of Good, because Evil is ultimately self-destructive. Evil may set out to corrupt others, but in the process corrupts itself.
Sara Ella - Unblemished
What you must first understand is the very nature of the Verity. Humans have a tendency for darkness and light. To choose good or evil. But no such mixture exists for the Verity or the Void. The Void houses no light. The Verity embraces no darkness. So when the Verity seeks a new vessel, it always searches out the purest heart--the person least likely to be swayed by darkness. A heart so true has the capacity to love like no other. And a love like that? It changes a person.
Sophocles - Antigone
I am determined that never, if I can help it,Shall evil triumph over good." - Creon
Brent Weeks - The Broken Eye
Every act intends some good.
Shannon A. Thompson - Minutes Before Sunset
Those are the bad guys, right?”“Depends on who wins, I guess.
John Connolly - The Infernals
If there is anything worse than evil, it is nothingness. At least evil has a form, and a voice, and a purpose, however depraved. Perhaps some good can even come out of evil: a terrible deed of violence against someone weaker may lead others to act in order to ensure that such a deed is not perpetrated again, whereas before they might have been unaware of the reasons why an individual might behave in such a way, or they might simply have chosen to ignore them. And evil, as we saw with the Blacksm
Ellie Elisabeth - The Half Life
You and a select few of your ancestors, including your mother, are special protectors of your realm, here on earth. You are here to keep balance between what is right and wrong, good and evil. You and you alone are the Keeper of a deadly sword, known as the Ferryman. You must learn to wield the Ferryman and protect your world from destruction.
Eve Forward - Villains by Necessity
Sometimes there's other reason for helping, other than personal gain or benefit," added Sam softly. "Friendship, companionship, trust and love are not confined to light alone...they are harder won, fewer seen...but no less real.
Eve Forward - Villains by Necessity
There's more to people than some defined label," said Arcie. "There are more than straight good and evil, aye, even more than law or disorders or fence-sittin. There's prejudice, whimsey, affection, superstition, habit, upbringing, alliance, pride, society, morals, animosity, preference, values, religion, circumstance, humor, perversity, honor, vengeance, jealousy, frustration...hundreds o' factors, from the past and in every present moment, as decides what some one person'll do in an individiou
S.G. Holster - Terrible Lies
There was no gentle way around it - hearts would be broken, relationships would be crushed and I was the messenger.
S.G. Holster - Terrible Lies
Perception in the eye of vengeance becomes blurred. Ren was in need of a slap on the face, but I knew what was coming and that it would do the job properly.
Shane Bauer -
We take comfort in the notion of an unbridgeable gulf between good and evil, but maybe we should understand, as Zimbardo's work suggested, that evil is incremental - something we are all capable of, given the right circumstances.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon -
You never require a teacher to lead you into the wrong path, but you do require a kindly word to conduct you aright.
Charles Martin - Thunder and Rain
He traced a line in the dirt with his toe. ‘This is a battlefield. Has been since Cain killed Abel. And don’t let it get complicated. Gray it ain’t. It’s black and white. Good versus evil. You might as well choose sides right now.
Daniel H. Wilson - Amped
It’ll turn me into a weapon,’ I say, my voice suddenly loud. ‘All you got to do is curl your hands into fists and you turn into a weapon,’ says Jim. ‘Your body is just another tool. This technology changes nothing; it only amplifies. You decide how to use your tools. Whether to do good or evil.
Bangambiki Habyarimana - The Great Pearl of Wisdom
A good man? A man who successfully conceals his evil actions
R. Alan Woods - The Journey Is The Destination: A Photo Journal
In the sense of Lewis, I am a moderately 'good man'".~R. Alan Woods [2012]
Oliver Gaspirtz -
Good things you have to make happen. Bad things happen all by themselves.
Derek Landy - Mortal Coil
I understand perfectly. Darquesse isn't a separate entity. She isn't another person. She's you. If you make the wrong choices, if you stop loving the people who love you, if you allow the world to twist and turn and change you, then yes, the future we've seen will come to pass. But if you fight, and if you kick, and struggle, and refuse to give in to the apathy, or the anger, or the hopelessness, then you'll change the future, and you'll walk your own path. And I'll be right there beside you, Va
Chögyam Trungpa - Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism
Are the great spiritual teachings really advocating that we fight evil because we are on the side of light, the side of peace? Are they telling us to fight against that other 'undesirable' side, the bad and the black. That is a big question. If there is wisdom in the sacred teachings, there should not be any war. As long as a person is involved with warfare, trying to defend or attack, then his action is not sacred; it is mundane, dualistic, a battlefield situation.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
The deeds of the light are goodness, righteousness and faithfulness
Wallace Stegner - All the Little Live Things
The forces of blind life that work across this hilltop are as irresistible as she said they were, they work by a principle more potent than fission. But I can’t look upon them as just life, impartial and eternal and in flux, an unceasing interchange of protein. And I can’t find proofs of the crawl toward perfection that she believed in. Maybe what we call evil is only as she told me that first day we met, what conflicts with our interests; but maybe there are such realities as ignorance, selfish
Agatha Christie - Death Comes as the End
The only clue to what is in people's minds is in their behavior. If a man behaves strangely, oddly, is not himself--Then you suspect him?No. That is just what I mean. A man whose mind is evil and whose intentions are evil is conscious of that fact and he knows that he must conceal it all costs. He dare not, therefore, afford any unusual behavior.
Vernor Vinge - A Fire Upon the Deep
All evil and good is petty before Nature. Personally, we take comfort from this, that there is a universe to admire that cannot be twisted to villainy or good, but which simply is.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Think Great: Be Great!
We must complement each other beautifully.
S.G. Holster - Thirty Seconds to Die
We need to talk," he insisted, opening the door to his jeep that was parked next to my car. I was still holding out hope this would end and I would see his smile soon. "What's wrong?" I retaliated before I go in. "There's something you need to know, something I haven't told you," he said, taking my backpack from me.
S.G. Holster - Thirty Seconds to Die
Before we go on from here, I just want to say," he paused and took a step closer to me and reached his hand out to my heart. "What I should have said back on the plane is I know you're real." His eyes narrowed, "I'll always fight for you, Lexi, in my own way.
Nurudeen Ushawu -
We refused to be what world want us to be- BAD. We are what we are- GOOD. And that's the way it is going to be.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
God loves all people.
Lailah Gifty Akita - Pearls of Wisdom: Great mind
Live in peace with all mankind.
Brynn Myers - Falling Out of Focus
It was 5:45pm when I decided my future. By 9:43 I was well on my way to making it all come true. At 11:16 I took the first step to make it a reality. At 11:17 I fell and found peace.
Lemony Snicket - Shouldn't You Be in School?
We represent the true human condition, the one permanent victory over cruelty and chaos. . . . Our true home is the imagination, and our kingdom is the wide-open world.
Idowu Koyenikan - Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability
There is no denying that there is evil in this world but the light will always conquer the darkness.
Gina Marinello-Sweeney - The Rose and the Sword
There is a host of angels surrounding you, Rebecca. Not figuratively. Literally. With wings spread far to encompass you, protect you with their Light. Remember that they are with you—see them with your heart and soul—whenever you are forced to engage in battle with forces that seek and have become, through their own will, evil.
Anuradha Bhattacharyya -
Only very few people can remain unruffled by trouble.
Nurudeen Ushawu -
We refused to be what the world want us to be- BAD. We are what we are- GOOD. And that's the way it is going to be.
Ellie Elisabeth -
That was the funny thing. What happened to John would pass for his classmates, but for John it was a long challenging road ahead of him. Who knew where he would be sent, maybe a juvenile detention center? He might keep in touch with a few friends if his parents let him, but he would never return to Wakefield High. His peers had no clue the journey ahead of him, that his life was changed forever. And they had no idea what lay ahead for Lilly. No one knew she had been given a task by the Archangel
Vincent van Gogh -
Many people seem to think it foolish, even superstitious, to believe that the world could still change for the better. And it is true that in winter it is sometimes so bitingly cold that one is tempted to say, ‘What do I care if there is a summer; its warmth is no help to me now.’ Yes, evil often seems to surpass good. But then, in spite of us, and without our permission, there comes at last an end to the bitter frosts. One morning the wind turns, and there is a thaw. And so I must still have ho
John Patrick Shanley - Doubt
If I could, Sister James, I would certainly choose to live in innocence. But innocence can only be wisdom in a world without evil. Situations arise and we are confronted with wrongdoing and the need to act.