I definitely think religion is responsible for a lot of the evils of the world. I mean that's not really in debate.… — Conor Oberst Copy Share Image
In this world we find that all happiness is followed by misery as its shadow. Life has its shadow, death. They must… — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
“I have a little different definition of evil than most people. When you have the opportunity and the ability to do good… — Yvon Chouinard Copy Share Image
I am now-the friend of the equal rights of men, of representative democracy, of republicanism and the Declaration of Independence, the great… — John Stark Copy Share Image
Now, I confess myself as belonging to that class in the country who contemplate slavery as a moral, social and political evil,… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
He that will not apply new remedies, must expect new evils: for Time is the greatest innovator: and if Time, of course,… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
There are black zones of shadow close to our daily paths, and now and then some evil soul breaks a passage through.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“When a man's eyes are sore his friends do not let him finger them, however much he wishes to, nor do they… — Plutarch Copy Share Image
In many instances violence - which obviously inflicts tremendous trauma on victims - also inflicts trauma on the perpetrator. Radical evil takes… — Payam Akhavan Copy Share Image
The remedy for our social evils does not consist so much in changing the system of government as it does in increasing… — Charles Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Vanity is as advantageous to a government as pride is dangerous. To be convinced of this we need only represent, on the… — Baron de Montesquieu Copy Share Image
When you get up in the morning, before you suffer yourselves to eat one mouthful of food, call your wife and children… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
“We have spent centuries of philosophy trying to solve "the problem of evil," yet I believe the much more confounding and astounding… — Richard Rohr Copy Share Image
To all the world he was the man of violence, half animal and half demon; but to her he always remained the… — Arthur Conan Doyle Copy Share Image
There's always the same amount of good luck and bad luck in the world. If one person doesn't get the bad luck,… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
“Brom bowed his head. "Those who love the pain and suffering of others. They wear many faces and go by many disguises,… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
As the liberal sees it, the task of the state consists solely and exclusively in guaranteeing the protection of life, health, liberty,… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
They want you to think that darkness or evil is only something that gets inflicted on you by the outside world, but… — Alexandra Bracken Copy Share Image
“I once had a published written debate with a religious apologist who, after I had argued the standard line that the idea… — A.C. Grayling Copy Share Image
God has created too few unmixed evils to warrant the belief that death is one of them. In all things else in… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
That's what the shaman said. He didn't know what he was up against. He didn't expect the strength and weight and evil… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
“But do you imagine there’s a certain type of person in the world who conforms to the idea of a ‘bad person'?… — Natsume Sōseki Copy Share Image
Do this and you will be an apostle, a fulfiller of what the Lord chose you for, an accomplisher of your calling… — Theophan the Recluse Copy Share Image
You can be horrified by the state of the prisons, the misery in certain neighborhoods of its cities, or their level of… — Bernard-Henri Levy Copy Share Image
She always imagined that evil played out on a large canvas- wars, concentration camps, gas chambers, the partitioning of nations. Now she… — Thrity Umrigar Copy Share Image
Rage swept over her at being young, young and little, as if some evil fairy had put that spell on her. Why… — Dawn Powell Copy Share Image
You should work extra hard to be your best selves. True evil has a hard time operating in the face of strenuous… — Jean Ferris Copy Share Image
Whoso turns his attention to the bitter strifes of these days and seeks a reason for the troubles that vex public and… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Racism was once just racism, a terrible bigotry that people nevertheless learned to live with, if not as a necessary evil then… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
“You see, evil alwys contains the seeds of its own destruction' said the angel said, 'It is ultimately negative, and therefore encompasses… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
The oppressive weight of disaster and tragedy in our lives does not arise from a high percentage of evil among the summed… — Stephen Jay Gould Copy Share Image
The history of ancient and modern republics had taught them that many of the evils which those republics suffered arose from the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Evil is the vulgar lover who loves the body rather than the soul, inasmuch as he is not even stable, because he… — Plato Copy Share Image
Evil exists to glorify the good. Evil is negative good. It is a relative term. Evil can be transmuted into good. What… — Mencius Copy Share Image
If we confine ourselves to a general and distant reflection on the ills of human life, that can have no effect to… — David Hume Copy Share Image
I stand before you today heart broken, I know history and I love this country ...God blessed this country and it took… — Louie Gohmert Copy Share Image
Weapons compound man's power to achieve; they amplify the capabilities of both the good man and the bad, and to exactly the… — Jeff Cooper Copy Share Image
I shall not, as far as I am concerned, try to pass myself off as a Christian in your presence. I share… — Albert Camus Copy Share Image
Love and knowledge, so far as they were possible, led upward toward the heavens. But always pity brought me back to earth.… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the… — Gautama Buddha Copy Share Image
