May our lives and gentle spirit be evident to all that we are members of God’s family.

When you push someone’s head under water for 5 minutes, they will drown. It doesn’t matter if the person is a sinner or a saint. It’s just a natural process. If their head is under...

Good to evil seems evil

Within the infant rind of this small flowerPoison hath residence and medicine power.For this, being smelt, with that part cheers each part;Being tasted, stays all senses with the heart.Two such opposèd kings encamp them still,In...

…or perhaps about acknowledging that life is a delicate balance of great forces, and that good would lose its potency if there was no evil left to fight in the world.

The quality of a person’s life is the sum total of the character, good or not so good, of the people whom he has inspired and motivated, directly and indirectly, with his living standard and...

When faced with pain and evil, we have to make a choice.We can choose to be taken by the evil.Or we can try to embrace the good.

there are men who are ancient and determined enemies of the Church of Rome who live in perpetual hope of its destruction

There is more goodness than evil in the world, but you know, you still got to work at it.

Some people would say- you’re only a drop, your word-breaking is only a drop, it wouldn’t matter. But all the evil in the world’s made up of little drops. It’s silly talking about the unimportance...

And I reckon them that are good must suffer for it the same as them that are bad.

Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man.

There’s what you’re forced to do, there’s what you choose, and everything else—most things—are a mix. At best, you’ll spend your life trying not to get hurt, but trying not to do the hurting, either....

The foundation of morality on the human sentiments of what is acceptable behavior versus repulsive behavior has always made morals susceptible to change. Much of what was repulsive 100 years ago is normal today, and...

Tell me,’ asked Stas, ‘what is a wicked deed?’ ‘If anyone takes away Kali’s cow,’ he answered after a brief reflection, ‘that then is a wicked deed.’ ‘Excellent!’ exclaimed Stas, ‘and what is a good...

This is not going to be easy. I’m good at being bad, but I’m bad at being good. I don’t know the first thing about good deeds.

If good men pretend to be villains, how is anybody supposed to know the difference between them?

We’ve heard them all talk about Dust, and they’re so afraid of it, and you know what? We believed them, even though we could see that what they were doing was wicked and evil and...

Evil is termed as sin because it has the power to attract the mind. It acts upon our mind and heart to do what nature desires, even when such acts are prohibited by the laws...

If you boil it down, just because someone else does the wrong thing we are not exempt from doing what’s right.

To see through the illusion of duality, remember that fear and darkness have no substance in themselves, for they do not indicate the presence of a second universal force, but are only names given to...

Man cries, his tears dry up and run out. So he becomes a devil, reduced to a monster.

And I must believe that man has the power to know the right, to choose between good and evil and know that his choice has made a difference…

Active evil is better than passive good

You see we do, yet see you but our handsAnd this the bleeding business they have done:Our hearts you see not; they are pitiful

Light and Dark: each was unaware that the other existed.

Only very few people can remain unruffled by trouble.

There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.

An artist has an obligation to tell the truth. My novels are epic fantasy, but they are inspired by and grounded in history. Rape and sexual violence have been a part of every war ever...

Conquer evil with good deeds.

What if evil doesn’t really exist? What if evil is something dreamed up by man, and there is nothing to struggle against except out own limitations? The constant battle between our will, our desires, and...

Others are not born bad or good… and neither are people, by the way.

Within the universe of the extraordinary, those qualities we designate to human concepts of gender are often shared, exchanged, or even completely obliterated. Because of this mixture of traits, these twins called Genius and Madness...

Those who won’t accept evil never get anything good.

Today we are fighting Communism. Okay. If I’d been alive fifty years ago, the brand of Conservatism we have today would have been damn near called Communism and we should have been told to go...

The kosmos works by harmony of tensions, like lyre and bow. Good and evil are one. On the one hand God sees all as well, fair, and good; on the other hand a human being...

One thing yo learn when you’ve lived as long as I have-people aren’t all good, and people aren’t all bad. We move in and out of darkness and light all of our lives. Right now,...

Evil might not prevail in the end, but it certainly doesn’t fail to devastate in its time.

To see evil and call it good, mocks God. Worse, it makes goodness meaningless. A word without meaning is an abomination, for when the word passes beyond understanding the very thing the word stands for...

The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.

Poor God, how often He is blamed for all the suffering in theworld. It’s like praising Satan for allowing all the good that happens.

The question isn’t whether the world is perfect.The real question to consider is: If it were, would you still be in it?

No one just starts giggling and wearing black and signs up to become a villainous monster. How the hell do you think it happens? It happens to people. Just people. They make questionable choices, for...

Do something: be it good or evil, if they ask why you did it, tell them you’re different.

Evil would never bring Good, however much they wanted to believe that it would. By the time they discovered the truth, it would be too late.

Good does not exist.It is merely an absent of evil.

At one moment, his eyes sparkled in the light and in the next they were enshrouded in shadow. What connected those bands of light and dark? Could they indeed have been distinct entities?

Vicious actions are not hurtful because they are forbidden, but forbidden because they are hurtful.

Light and dark ain’t supposed to mix. They’re like broccoli and chocolate – just nasty when you put them together – but that appears to be what’s happening with you

Cruelty and wrong are not the greatest forces in the world. There is nothing eternal in them. Only love is eternal.