I once had a published written debate with a religious apologist who, after I had argued the standard line that the idea of a loving and merciful deity is inconsistent with the fact of natural...

When a man is getting better he understands more and more clearly the evil that is still left in him. When a man is getting worse he understands his own badness less and less. A...

An uncertain evil causes anxiety because, at the bottom of one’s heart, one goes on hoping till the last moment that it may not be true; a certain evil, on the other hand, instills, for...

I have often wished in vain,’ said she, ‘for another’s judgment to appeal to when I could scarcely trust the direction of my own eye and head, they having been so long occupied with the...

Evil is committed without effort, naturally, fatally; goodness is always the product of some art.

He has seen enough of daily evil to be thankful for small goods that come his way.

No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye.

You endure what is supposedly unbearable, and before you know it, you would have done the impossible by bearing the unbearable.

…And then, just when everything is bearing down on us to such an extent that we can scarcely withstand it, the Christmas message comes to tell us that all our ideas are wrong, and that...

Black frost. The ground is hard, the air tastes bitter. Your stars cluster in evil signs.

To be intuitive is to possess a godly characteristic, to be bad at second-guessing the good.

Everything at some point has been declared the root of all evil.

The fact that you are possessed by a demon does not mean you must become evil. Being evil is a choice, just as being good is a choice. If you let the demon take over,...

I want to protect innocent people from sin by locking them in cages, where the evil can’t get to them.

Kötü, hemen hemen her defasında, niçin ‘iyi’den daha güçlü olarak ortaya çıkıyor ?

The evil in the world must not make me doubt the existence of God. There could be no evil if there were no God. Before there can be a hole in a uniform, there must...

In every man, of course, a demon lies hidden-the demon of rage, the demon of lustful heat at the screams of the tortured victim, the demon of lawlessness let off the chain

One never knows how the witch became wicked, or whether that was the right choice for her — is it ever the right choice? Does the devil ever struggle to be good again, or if...

Almost all people have this potential for evil, which would be unleashed only under certain dangerous social circumstances.

Virtue is imaginative, evil repetitive.

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Rape is not an extraordinary or evil act for an assailant. It is like forcing someone to eat when she is not hungry.

The road to hell is paved with careful planning.

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.

You see, Risa, survival is a dance between our needs and our consciences. When the need is great enough, and the music loud enough, we can stomp conscience into the ground.’Risa closes her eyes. She...

Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more.

Ms. Sophia was evil bananas.

They are doing this to people and it is wrong, wrong, wrong. This is an evil practice, and I want them to acknowledge it. I want them to acknowledge that what they did to me...

He conveyed a strange impression of being in safety, and completely secure. He had a courteous little manner with him, and smiled and nodded, as I pointed out the hills and the tall trees to...

Was he he handsome?” she asked with a sly smirk.”Very. He is still, I think.””The devil, they say, goes about in finery.””And if you believe Beelzebub is as cunning as he is attractive, then I...

Every man on earth is sick with the fever of sin, with the blindness of sin and is overcome with its fury. As sins consist mostly of malice and pride, it is necessary to treat...

It is probable that the most inhuman monsters, even the Himmlers and the Mengeles, convince themselves that they are engaged in noble and courageous acts.

Which comes first: Good or Evil? Usually evil. Good counters.

Only when holiness and worship meet can evil be conquered. For that, only the Christian message has the answer.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give. The inherent vice of capitalism is the unequal sharing of blessings; the inherent virtue of socialism is the...

(The presence of evil) in his life provokes him into either overcoming it or yielding to it. If the first, it has led him to work for his own improvement; if the second it has...

Nothing is more egregious than greedy politicians.

It is good for us to have trials and troubles at times, for they often remind us that we are on probation and ought not to hope in any worldly thing. It is good for...

The West’s post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the memory of Auschwitz, the problem remains that denouncing evil is a...

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.

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

Justice is always naive and self-confident; believing that it will immediately win once recognized. That is the reason why the forces of Justice are so poorly organized. On the other hand, the Evil is cynic,...

Our labour preserves us from three great evils — weariness, vice, and want.

The evil that we know is best.

Medicine directly to the disease doesn’t work, rather, the root cause needs to be diagnosed! Similarly the evil deeds of Man can never be fixed unless the evil heart behind it, is fixed at the...

Wait and wonder when we will return, mouse – then you will really see what a battle is like.”Simeon turned his head in the direction of Graypatch’s voice. “Alas, I will never see anything for...

But remember, great Good will, more often than not, lead to great Evil.

Ritually abusive groups also convince children that something evil has been put inside them. For example, a child is made to believe he or she has a “black heart” – seeing the abuser holding an...

…children and their children.

Proverbs 21:15 NIV:When justice is done, it brings joy to the righteous but terror to evildoers.