There is one sweet lenitive at least for evils, which nature holds out; so I took it kindly at her hands, and… — Laurence Sterne Copy Share Image
It is only when men associate with the wicked with the desire and purpose of doing them good, that they can rely… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
“There is evil in everyone. The first step toward loving someone else is to recognize that evil in yourself, so you can… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
To be evil at all, Satan needs good things he can abuse, things like intelligence, power and will. Those good things come… — J. Budziszewski Copy Share Image
I walked out on American Gangster: this evil piece of dreck. Defenders of this junk say that these movies give Black actors… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Into every soul, however purged and fenced, evil appears to have as much freedom of entrance as God Himself. — George A. Smith Copy Share Image
I hold that all the evil we know on earth finds in this violence done to love its true and legitimate birth. — George Arnold Copy Share Image
We can surely no longer pretend that our children are growing up into a peaceful, secure, and civilized world. We've come to… — Madeleine L'Engle Copy Share Image
So how do theists respond to arguments like this? [The Argument from Evil] They say there is a reason for evil, but… — Quentin Smith Copy Share Image
Do you conceive of your Lord as less because? He shows that humiliation is the best road to exaltation (cf. Mt. 23:12);… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
One great remedy against all manner of temptation, great or small, is to open the heart and lay bare its suggestion, likings,… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
“Evil was a stupid word. It had the same sort of sense, largely meaningless, amorphous, diffuse, wooly, as applied to "love." Everyone… — Barbara Vine Copy Share Image
Nothing is of its nature evil, and nothing is of its nature good. Evil is only excess, good is simply balance. All… — John Parsons Copy Share Image
“When you are wronged and your heart and feelings are hardened, do not be distressed, for this has happened providentially; but be… — St. Mark the Ascetic Copy Share Image
Again, it is possible to fail in many ways (for evil belongs to the class of the unlimited and good to that… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The gospel of Jesus Christ must be defended in every generation. It is always the center of attack by the forces of… — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
There is no man suddenly either excellently good or extremely evil, but grows either as he holds himself up in virtue or… — Philip Sidney Copy Share Image
But what virtue I do have is in me and of me. Men deny the good that comes from themselves, calling it… — Maria McCann Copy Share Image
There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and… — Robert E. Lee Copy Share Image
“Kiddo—here's a problem. We've got witches, we've got Evil, we've got an orphan, and we've got a kidnapping. What's the deal?” — Vivian French Copy Share Image
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary.à Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
“Seems to me people are mean or evil because they're scared, mostly, or in pain, or afraid they're going to lose something.” — Barbara Samuel Copy Share Image
Lions and Lambs, love and force, light and fire, good and evil: all things climb the same mountain, the mountain of God. — Nikos Kazantzakis Copy Share Image
Since God is the highest good, he would not allow any evil to exist in his works unless his omnipotence and goodness… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Multitudes think they like to do evil; yet no man ever really enjoyed doing evil since God made the world. — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
Evil can also be beautiful. The Coliseum in Rome, for example, a wonderful structure with an awful past. Just think about the… — Rem Koolhaas Copy Share Image
Truly upon mortals cometh swift of foot their evil and his offence upon him that trespasseth against Right. — Aeschylus Copy Share Image
“The difference in our potential as angels or demons is the effect of time on the decisions we make.” — Slade Combs Copy Share Image
Do this research if we don't have a season -- watch how much evil, which we call crime, watch how much crime… — Ray Lewis Copy Share Image
I've learned that nobody is either all good or all evil. We all make mistakes, but we all are also capable of… — Kelly Stables Copy Share Image
Full of criss-crossed fits, you lie all the time. Your tongue should be embarrassed, you're a threat to mankind. — LL Cool J Copy Share Image
“Good and evil both increase at compound interest. That is why the little decisions you and I make every day are of… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
Making the truth public is a form of justice. This is a moral universe and you've got to take account of the… — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
You would not easily guess All the modes of distress Which torture the tenants of earth; And the various evils, Which like… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
Blind obedience is a sure sign of trouble. The likelihood of religion becoming evil is greatly diminished when there is freedom for… — Charles Kimball Copy Share Image
The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the… — Thucydides Copy Share Image
“For every life you take, you must save another or more. It does not matter if they are good or evil; who… — Craig Halloran Copy Share Image
Just as a very little fresh water is blown away by a storm of wind and dust, in like manner the good… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
“Terrible, dreadful, blasted awful kids. They've all got a darkness inside them. They've all got the capacity of evil.” — Lisa Jewell Copy Share Image
![“So how do theists respond to arguments like this? [The Argument from Evil] They say there is a reason for evil, but it is a mystery. Well, let me tell you this: I'm actually one hundred feet tall even though I only appear to be six feet tall. You ask me for proof of this. I have a simple answer…” quote by Quentin Smith](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/635/quentin-smith-54821_accepting_so-how-do-theists-respond-to-arguments-l_1707372.jpg)
