“For its survival, the satanic cult demanded secrecy and obedience while it made brutality, even killing, appropriate. Denial and disavowal were inevitable… — Judith Spencer Copy Share Image
Brother raises a hand against brother and son against father (how terrible!) and the father also against son. And moreover it is… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
the leading error of the human mind, - the bane of human happiness - the perverter of human virtue ... is Religion… — Frances Wright Copy Share Image
I'd have to say, and I think that most Christians would hold the view, that there is such a thing as evil,… — Peter Hollingworth Copy Share Image
In the alchemy of man's soul almost all noble attributes- courage, honor, love, hope, faith, duty, loyalty, and so on - can… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes backwards, that evil spreads.… — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
Each soul which believes it is its own eternal evil will eternally seek its good, but the great paradox is that in… — Sorin Cerin Copy Share Image
The real use of AI in industry is generally for very narrow pattern-matchers - a better search algorithm, an object-detection algorithm, etc.… — Ramez Naam Copy Share Image
You were true to her, even if she was not to you. Never repent of your own goodness, child. To stay true… — Laini Taylor Copy Share Image
I'm interested in how memory and power come together in evil. These are obsessions of mine that appear throughout, like the theme… — Jaume Cabre Copy Share Image
Heretics cannot themselves appear good unless they depict the Church as evil, false, and mendacious. They alone wish to be esteemed as… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“Is it possible that evil is never total, that its victory, no matter how overwhelming, is never absolute? Consider this fallen man.… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
“Shortly after we were in bed I began my story, but made it so absurd, so long, and so tiresome, that, as… — William Beckford Copy Share Image
Temptation can be defined as an inducement to do evil. Three powerful forces work together to ruin a believer's character and witness:… — Charles Stanley Copy Share Image
While I'd like to make movies that are uplifting, there's always that part of you that goes, 'I want to play the… — Dean O'Gorman Copy Share Image
If God causes man to be sick, sickness must be good, and its opposite, health, must be evil, for all that He… — Mary Baker Eddy Copy Share Image
We have an incredible warrior class in this country - people in law enforcement, intelligence - and I thank God every night… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
But the true evil of drink lies in the disillusion: that the initial pleasure very soon evaporates, leaving a demoralizing craving for… — Caitlin Thomas Copy Share Image
The evil, Sir, is enormous; the inevitable suffering incalculable. Do not stain the fair fame of the country. . . . Nations… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
“After the tragedy of Las Vegas sad incident... Definition of terrorism has got two meanings now, If done by a Muslim, IT… — Usman Aman Copy Share Image
To be willing to suffer in order to create is one thing; to realize that one's creation necessitates one's suffering, that suffering… — J. W. N. Sullivan Copy Share Image
“What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will instead of a fish give him a serpent; or if… — Scotty Smith Copy Share Image
What would become of the world without the Devil? Under all the different systems of religion that have guided or misguided the… — Geraldine Jewsbury Copy Share Image
The time will come when the evil forms we have known can no more be organized. Man's culture can spare nothing, wants… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The Law found more than it lost when Christ said, ‘Love your enemies and pray for those who persecute you, so that… — Tertullian Copy Share Image
“There is an old saying that goes 'Start by plucking a hair, end by killing a man'. It is also said, 'Two… — Hwang Sŏk-yŏng Copy Share Image
“None of us are as bad as we could be (though some people come close). None of us are as good as… — David A. Powlison Copy Share Image
The only good thing we can do, the only goodness we can be sure of, is our own goodness as individuals and… — Marghanita Laski Copy Share Image
With women, my wiring shorts out. My senses respond to the physical and the chemical, the scent and sheen of her. Evil… — Paul Levine Copy Share Image
“It is very seldom that one encounters what would appear to be sheer unadulterated evil in a human face; an evil, I… — Walter de la Mare Copy Share Image
“Keep in mind the roots of violence: Lust, envy, anger, avarice, and vengeance...the taproot...the killer's ultimate and truest motivation...is the hatred of… — Dean Koontz Copy Share Image
North Korea will never give up its arsenal. It's all that is keeping us alive. Look at Saddam Hussein - and we… — Kim Jong-un Copy Share Image
“I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one, that has frightened and inspired us, so that we… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
The desire to criticise becomes less and less as the character is developed. It is the mark of a fine character never… — Christian D. Larson Copy Share Image
Thrillers provide the reader with a safe escape into a dangerous world where the stakes are as high as can be imagined… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
I have received no assurance that anything we can do will eradicate suffering. I think the best results are obtained by people… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Thinking is man’s only basic virtue, from which all the others proceed. And his basic vice, the source of all his evils,… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
The fascinating thing about Game of Thrones is that none of the badasses are just badasses, and none of the wimps are… — Pedro Pascal Copy Share Image
. . . as to moral feeling, this supposed special sense, the appeal to it is indeed superficial when those who cannot… — Immanuel Kant Copy Share Image
I do not think that all who choose wrong roads perish; but their rescue consists in being put back on the right… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
