Our true history is scarcely ever deciphered by others. The chief part of the drama is a monologue, or rather an intimate… — Henri Frederic Amiel Copy Share Image
There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“Why didn't you tell me that evil could be so lighthearted?” — Margaret Peterson Haddix Copy Share Image
To see evil and call it good, mocks God. Worse, it makes goodness meaningless. A word without meaning is an abomination, for… — Stephen R. Lawhead Copy Share Image
Don't misunderstand me. I am not scoffing at goodness, which is far more difficult to explain than evil, and far more complicated.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
If the majority is moral then why do they need to be ruled by a group of people who are power hungry… — Stefan Molyneux Copy Share Image
Much that we call evil is really good in disguises; and we should not quarrel rashly with adversities not yet understood, nor… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
For as long as I can remember, I've been fascinated by superheroes. I don't know if it was the good versus evil… — Adam Pearson Copy Share Image
No one who is in this world will deny that evils exist. What, then, do we say? That evil is not a… — Saint Basil Copy Share Image
A Catholic would be guilty of formal cooperation in evil, and so unworthy to present himself for Holy Communion, if he were… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
If evil is contagious, so is good:therefore, we must allow good to abound in us, more and more;let us be infected by… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
A man who knows all goods and all truths, as many as can be known, but does not shun evils, knows nothing. — Emanuel Swedenborg Copy Share Image
It is mercy, not justice or courage or even heroism, that alone can defeat evil. — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
Take adultery or theft. Merely sins. It is evil who dines on the soul, stretching out its long bone tongue. It is… — Anne Sexton Copy Share Image
If every man, ...ceased to hate and blame every other man for his own failures and shortcomings, we would see the end… — Grace Metalious Copy Share Image
Evils, like poisons, have their uses, and there are diseases which no other remedy can reach. — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Teachers have power. We may cripple them by petty economics; by Government regulations, by the foolish criticism of an uninformed press; but… — Winifred Holtby Copy Share Image
...perhaps there is some element of good even in the simple act of living, so long as the evils of existence do… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
The normal Christian life is a life of regular, daily answer to prayer. In the model prayer Jesus taught His disciples to… — John R. Rice Copy Share Image
'The Prince's blunt candor has been a scandal for 500 years. The book was placed on the Papal Index of banned books… — Michael Ignatieff Copy Share Image
Among the great struggles of man-good/evil, reason/unreason, etc.-there is also this mighty conflict between the fantasy of Home and the fantasy of… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
Piety is the most solid goodness, and the vilest of what is evil is vice. — Abu Bakr Copy Share Image
Dr. Evil got shortchanged in the first one. The family dynamic between Scott and Dr. Evil - the adventures of being an… — Mike Myers Copy Share Image
The foundation of humility is truth. The humble man sees himself as he is. If his depreciation of himself were untrue,... it… — Henry Fairlie Copy Share Image
Society expects man to be a passive social animal who believes like the People of the Field in "Jurgen" that "to do… — Abraham Myerson Copy Share Image
We have, in this country, one of the most corrupt institutions the world has ever known. I refer to the Federal Reserve… — Louis Thomas McFadden Copy Share Image
Today, America would be outraged if U.N. troops entered Los Angeles to restore order. Tomorrow they will be grateful! This is especially… — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Terrorism is an evil that threatens all the countries in Europe. Vigorous cooperation in the European Union and worldwide is crucial in… — Jan Peter Balkenende Copy Share Image
There is no evil that does not offer inducements. Vices tempt you by the rewards which they offer. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
We are overdone with banking institutions, which have banished the precious metals, and substituted a more fluctuating and unsafe medium... These have… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
The things we do to our children - most of the evil in the world is not done with bad intentions but… — Katherine Dunn Copy Share Image
What is the cause that one is hardened, and another readily moved to compunction? Listen! It springs from the will, in the… — Symeon the New Theologian Copy Share Image
Any government is evil if it carries within it the tendency to deteriorate into Tyranny. The danger of such deterioration is more… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image
There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I have… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
