Evil Quotes
Sometimes I believe that evil is everything, and that good is only a beautiful desire for evil.
Antonio Porchia
In order to forgive reason for the evil it has wrought on the majority of men, we must imagine for ourselves what man would be without his reason. 'Tis a necessary evil.
Sébastien-Roch Nicolas
Ireland, sir, for good or evil, is like no other place under heaven, and no man can touch its sod or breathe its air without becoming better or worse.
George Bernard Shaw
I cannot significantly improve on the assertion that it simply is proper for us, as intelligent members of the universe, to try to look after our fellow creatures, and evil for us to do otherwise.
Colin Tudge
The human spirit will not even begin to try to surrender self-will as long as all seems to be well with it. Now error and sin both have this property, that the deeper they are the less their victim suspects their existence; they are masked evil. Pain is unmasked, unmistakable evil; every man knows that something is wrong when he is being hurt.
C. S. Lewis
We all want to pretend that there isn't evil in the world. We all want to pretend that there aren't people trying to take us out and different things like that.
Powers Boothe
Although the world is full of suffering, it is full also of the overcoming of it. My optimism, then, does not rest on the absence of evil, but on a glad belief in the preponderance of good and a willing effort always to cooperate with the good, that it may prevail.
Helen Keller
He understands evil better than any other person I’ve ever known. We disagree in how to eliminate it, but we do not disagree that it exists.
Nalini Singh
“Humanity seems doomed to do more evil than good. The greatest ideal on earth is human love.”
Wladyslaw Szpilman
It is true that every day has its own evil, and its good too. But how difficult must life be, especially farther on when the evil of each day increases as far as worldly things go, if it is not strengthened and comforted by faith. And in Christ all worldly things may become better, and, as it were, sanctified. Theo, woe is me if I do not preach the Gospel; if I did not aim at that and possess faith and hope in Christ, it would be bad for me indeed, but no I have some courage.
Vincent Van Gogh
If evil be spoken of you and it be true, correct yourself, if it be a lie, laugh at it.
Epictetus
Black illusion is all I ever see.
Ozzy Osbourne
Black Sabbath
Right defeated is stronger than evil triumphant.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
So many misconceptions surround the notion of heroism. Far too many categorize a hero as a champion on the battlefield, a commander of legions, a master of rare talent or ability. Granted, there have been heroes who fit those descriptions. But many men of great evil as well. Heed me. A hero sacrifices for the greater good. A hero is true to his or her conscience. In short, heroism means doing the right thing regardless of the consequences. Although any person could fit that description, very few do. Choose this day to be one of them.
Brandon Mull
You’re evil, you know that?” I said. She grinned and shook her head. “Chaotic Neutral, sugar.
Ernest Cline
Non-cooperation with evil is a sacred duty.
Mahatma Gandhi
The Book of Revelation is all about the conflict, the contest between the forces of Good and Evil.
Elaine Pagels
I used to think men were these idiots who just yelled at you on the street. But, part of my maturing was realizing that not all men are evil or monsters.
Jessica Williams
The food thing is crazy to me. In this town the beer thing is also crazy to me. Frankly even with Brightest Young Things, it's such a celebration of [beer and food], all this stuff. I don't think it's bad or evil, but there's something out of bounds. It's like, "A bar opened!" Who cares? Think about that.
Ian MacKaye
Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty.
Aristotle
Drink has shed more blood, hung more crepe, sold more homes, plunged more people into bankruptcy, armed more villains, slain more children, snapped more wedding rings, defiled more innocence, blinded more eyes, dethroned more reason, wrecked more manhood, dishonored more womanhood, broken more hearts, blasted more lives, driven more to suicide and dug more graves than any other evil that has cursed the world.
Evangeline Booth
Belinda: Ay, but you know we must return good for evil.Lady Brute: That may be a mistake in the translation.
John Vanbrugh
