Everything doesn't happen for a reason, if by this we mean evil is a part of God's plan. But God does ensure… — Adam Hamilton Copy Share Image
Paul Ryan, he is the real evil genius of the Republican party. He with his little hateful widow's peak and his smirky,… — Richard Ford Copy Share Image
As [Gershom] Scholem explains, this [Shabbetaian] doctrine is connected to the idea that 'the elect are fundamentally different from the crowd and… — Shadia Drury Copy Share Image
“The novelist Dumas would one day borrow features from both of his uncles, not to mention his grandfather, the acknowledged scoundrel, in… — Tom Reiss Copy Share Image
The world is a den of thieves, and night is falling. Evil breaks its chains and runs through the world like a… — Ingmar Bergman Copy Share Image
I avow that I do not hold that complete and instantaneous love for the freedom of the press that one accords to… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“Today I finally recognise the mistake that almost became my downfall: I expected too much out of life. I thought it would… — Shan Sa Copy Share Image
A child rightly trained may be a world-wide blessing, with an influence reaching onward to eternal years. But a neglected or misdirected… — George Muller Copy Share Image
Jung first gave us the term ‘shadow’ to refer to those parts of our personality that have been rejected out of fear,… — Debbie Ford Copy Share Image
Fair play with others is primarily the practice of not blaming them for anything that is wrong with us. We tend to… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
...And then, just when everything is bearing down on us to such an extent that we can scarcely withstand it, the Christmas… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
When the Christian majority takes over this country, there will be no satanic churches, no more free distribution of pornography, no more… — Gary Potter Copy Share Image
While there are perfectly legitimate criticisms that one can make of Israel or the actions of its government - and I have… — Bari Weiss Copy Share Image
...the right of holding slaves is clearly established in the Holy Scriptures, both by precept and example... Had the holding of slaves… — Richard Furman Copy Share Image
It is legitimate and necessary to ask oneself if this is not perhaps part of a new ideology of evil, perhaps more… — Pope John Paul II Copy Share Image
If you're happy with where the Internet, Facebook, and Twitter have taken you, I'm not the Grinch. Someone called me Sherry Turkle's… — Sherry Turkle Copy Share Image
Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality, which makes the size of her audience all the more ominous and symptomatic… — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
I once heard a spiritual man say that he was not so much astonished at the things done by a soul in… — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Yes, she is the fruit that will Sustain me and yes, she brings A rain that I know can chill But it… — Walter Dean Myers Copy Share Image
While I was in prison, I was indulging in all types of vice, right within the prison. And I never was ostracized… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“From this moment on, nothing is what it seems. You're not a human being, you're a character- and filmmakers are doing everything… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
“And so sovereign Providence has often produced a remarkable effect--evil men making other evil men good. For some, when they think they… — Boethius Copy Share Image
There's no gray area in law enforcement. Evil exists in the world and it must be dealt with. And those on the… — Benjamin Bratt Copy Share Image
Anger is the lowest emotion. It clouds the intellect and can make you do foolish things. You become blind to reason and… — Anand Neelakantan Copy Share Image
Do you know who the upright of heart are? They are those who wish what God wishes. Therefore, do not try to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Newness only becomes mere evil in its totalitarian format, where all the tension between individual and society, that once gave rise to… — Theodor Adorno Copy Share Image
If the cross shows me that I am far worse than I had ever imagined, it also shows me that my evil… — Rebecca Pippert Copy Share Image
War proves nothing. To kill a man does not prove that he was in the wrong. Bloodletting cannot change men's spirits, neither… — Nellie L. McClung Copy Share Image
Power is the great evil with which we are contending. We have divided power between three branches of government and erected checks… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
You don't understand me. You are not expected to. You are not capable. I am beyond your experience. I am beyond good… — Richard Ramirez Copy Share Image
The law no passion can disturb. 'Tis void of desire and fear, lust and anger. 'Tis mens sine affectu, written reason, retaining… — John Adams Copy Share Image
Firearms stand next in importance to the Constitution itself. They are the American people's liberty teeth and keystone under independence… From the… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Books may not change our suffering, books may not protect us from evil, books may not tell us what is good or… — Alberto Manguel Copy Share Image
This was an evil beyond thinking. The killing of a man was not so evil as the killing of a boat. For… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“In the world there was evil and much of it resulted from doubt, from an honest confusion among men of good will.… — William Peter Blatty Copy Share Image
Souls are punished when they have gone forth from the body, some wandering among us, some going to hot or cold places… — Sallust Copy Share Image
To say that one need art, or politics, that incorporate ambiguity and contradiction is not to say that one then stops recognizing… — William Kentridge Copy Share Image
It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realise that the only vehicle for change are these… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
The freedom of the press is a valuable privilege, but the abuse of it in this country is a frightful evil. The… — Noah Webster Copy Share Image
It is very singular how the fact of a man's death often seems to give people a truer idea of his character,… — Nathaniel Hawthorne Copy Share Image
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