--- title: "9 Overcoming evil Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Overcoming evil quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Overcoming evil sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/kathryn-powell-65552_ask-yourself_if-the-world-was-full-peace-and-happines_318375.jpg" --- > [If the world was full peace and happiness there would be one man full of evil and greed. but the one thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-powell/if-the-world-was-full-peace-and-happiness-there-would-be-one-man-full/) [Kathryn Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathryn-powell/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/kathryn-powell-65552_ask-yourself_if-the-world-was-full-peace-and-happines_318375.jpg) > [Life is given for wisdom, and yet we are not wise; for goodness, and we are not good; for overcoming evil, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thornton-t-munger/life-is-given-for-wisdom-and-yet-we-are-not-wise-for-goodness-and-we/) [Thornton T. Munger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thornton-t-munger/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/755/thornton-t-munger-44145_and-love_life-is-given-for-wisdom-and-yet-we-are_3055196.jpg) > [Then there is the way that was taught two thousand years ago - of overcoming evil with good, which is my way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peace-pilgrim/then-there-is-the-way-that-was-taught-two-thousand-years-ago-of/) [Peace Pilgrim](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peace-pilgrim/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b43/peace-pilgrim-1191_bounds_then-there-is-the-way-that-was-taught-tw_1216552.png) > [It is no easy task to overcome the bitter legacy of injustices, hostility and mistrust left by the conflict. It can only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pope-francis/it-is-no-easy-task-to-overcome-the-bitter-legacy-of-injustices/) [Pope Francis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pope-francis/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e3c/pope-francis-85_bitter_it-is-no-easy-task-to-overcome-the-bitte_2426257.png) > [God did not just overcome evil at the cross. He made evil serve the overcoming of evil. He made evil commit suicide…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-piper/god-did-not-just-overcome-evil-at-the-cross-he-made-evil-serve-the/) [John Piper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-piper/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb1/john-piper-255_commit_god-did-not-just-overcome-evil-at-the-cr_1944887.png) > [I think there is a complicated side effect to overcoming evil in that we are forever changed by it. I think after…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adam-rapp/i-think-there-is-a-complicated-side-effect-to-overcoming-evil-in-that/) [Adam Rapp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adam-rapp/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a2/adam-rapp-5014_after_i-think-there-is-a-complicated-side-effe_848475.jpg) > [The good and the bad mix themselves so thoroughly in our thoughts, even in our aspirations, that we must look for excellence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-trollope/the-good-and-the-bad-mix-themselves-so-thoroughly-in-our-thoughts/) [Anthony Trollope](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-trollope/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f32/anthony-trollope-611_aspiration_the-good-and-the-bad-mix-themselves-so-t_1847285.jpg) > [Despite the popular idea of anarchists as violent men, Anarchism is the one non-violent social philosophy.… The function of the Anarchist is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ammon-hennacy/despite-the-popular-idea-of-anarchists-as-violent-men-anarchism-is/) [Ammon Hennacy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ammon-hennacy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/db9/ammon-hennacy-33177_action_despite-the-popular-idea-of-anarchists-a_1875979.jpg) > [One thing I've learnt from reading love stories is that the best romances, are the ones that suffer in the beginning. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chloe-loizeau/one-thing-i-ve-learnt-from-reading-love-stories-is-that-the-best/) [Chloe Loizeau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chloe-loizeau/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3da/chloe-loizeau-74480_accepting_one-thing-i-ve-learnt-from-reading-love_1705459.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/overcoming-evil/#itemlist", "name": "Overcoming evil Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If the world was full peace and happiness there would be one man full of evil and greed. but the one thing you should ask yourself is are you willing to overcome this greed and evil or submit to it like a coward because only cowards hid behind there greed", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Kathryn Powell" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathryn-powell/if-the-world-was-full-peace-and-happiness-there-would-be-one-man-full/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/kathryn-powell-65552_ask-yourself_if-the-world-was-full-peace-and-happines_318375.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/kathryn-powell-65552_ask-yourself_if-the-world-was-full-peace-and-happines_318375.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/74a/kathryn-powell-65552_ask-yourself_if-the-world-was-full-peace-and-happines_318375.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“If the world was full peace and happiness there would be one man full of evil and greed. but the one thing…” — Kathryn Powell", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Life is given for wisdom, and yet we are not wise; for goodness, and we are not good; for overcoming evil, and evil remains; for patience and sympathy and love, and yet we are fretful and hard and weak and selfish. 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