He said that there was one only good, namely, knowledge; and one only evil, namely, ignorance. — Socrates Copy Share Image
Alas, what wickedness to swallow flesh into our own flesh, to fatten our greedy bodies by cramming in other bodies, to have… — Pythagoras Copy Share Image
“There's unique and particular moment in the natural law of universe, where all things except them are going to turn against their… — Toba Beta Copy Share Image
“Now the wickedness of the world is already so great that it needs no more teaching to make it worse. On the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Do not become angry and furious… for those two emotions lead to wickedness, and wickedness leads to the Hellfire. — Sufyan al-Thawri Copy Share Image
Great God, have pity on the wicked, for thou didst everything for the good, when thou madest them good! — Saadi Copy Share Image
Wickedness is a wonderfully diligent architect of misery, of shame, accompanied with terror, and commotion, and remorse, and endless perturbation. — Plutarch Copy Share Image
Pride, if not the origin, is the medium of all wickedness-the atmosphere without which it would instantly die away. — Arthur Helps Copy Share Image
Any satirist writing a futuristic novel who had imagined a President Reagan during the Eisenhower years would have been accused of perpetrating… — Philip Roth Copy Share Image
While the people retain their virtue and vigilance, no administration, by any extreme of wickedness or folly, can very seriously injure the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
For mortal men there is but one hell, and that is the folly and wickedness and spite of his fellows; but once… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
We as Bible-believing evangelical Christians are locked in a battle. This is not a friendly gentleman's discussion. It is a life and… — Francis Schaeffer Copy Share Image
I had no companions to quarrel with, nobody to assist, and nobody to thank... the evil consequence of all this was not,… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
So possible is it for us to roll ourselves up in wickedness, till we grow invulnerable by conscience; and that sentinel, once… — Daniel Defoe Copy Share Image
“You think some are bad or evil or whatnot, but somewhere along the way they were someone's baby, suckling the teat like… — Alan Heathcock Copy Share Image
Although among heretics and schismatics there is the same Baptism, nevertheless, the remission of sins is not operative among them because of… — Saint Augustine Copy Share Image
But as the old Confusion of tongues was laudable, when men who were of one language in wickedness and impiety, even as… — Gregory of Nazianzus Copy Share Image
There did not have to be a moral. She need only show separate minds, as alive as her own, struggling with the… — Ian Mcewan Copy Share Image
He that is once "born of God shall overcome the world," and the prince of this world too, by the power of… — Ralph Cudworth Copy Share Image
... although many people say it is a terrible onus to be labeled bad as a child, I thought that the opposite… — Paula Sharp Copy Share Image
Some crimes get honor and renown by being committed with more pomp, by a greater number, and in a higher degree of… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld Copy Share Image
“The most detestable wickedness, the most horrid cruelties, and the greatest miseries, that have afflicted the human race have had their origin… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Every age and every nation has certain characteristic vices, which prevail almost universally, which scarcely any person scruples to avow, and which… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
For as to the dispersing of Books, that Circumstance does perhaps as much harm as good: Since Nonsense flies with greater Celerity,… — David Hume Copy Share Image
The form of godliness may exist with secret and with open wickedness, but the power of godliness cannot. — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
Marriage is between one man and one woman. It is ordained by God, and anything outside of that is wickedness. — Mark Robinson Copy Share Image
Strictly speaking, one should not even rightly compare virginity to marriage because you cannot make a comparison between two things if one… — St. Jerome Copy Share Image
Our wickedness shall not overpower the unspeakable goodness and mercy of God; our dullness shall not overpower God's wisdom, nor our infirmity… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
“The universe runs on the principle that one who can exert the most evil on other creatures runs the show.” — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
God is punishing me for my past wickedness by keeping me alive and in as much pain as he can. — Ginger Baker Copy Share Image
Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me. — Jonah Copy Share Image
“Wickedness is too common in the world for us to think much of why and wherefore. It is more natural to ask… — Barry Unsworth Copy Share Image
The twin conceptions of sin and vindictive punishment seem to be at the root of much that is most vigorous, both in… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Truly it is reasonable to make a great distinction between the faults that come from our weakness and those that come from… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
To expect wickedness from human beings is the best way I know of to avoid surprises. And when I am surprised, it's… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“The belief in a super natural sources of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
The dead are all holy, even they that were base and wicked while alive. Their baseness and wickedness was not they, was… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
Enjoying things which are pleasant; that is not the evil; it is the reducing of our moral self to slavery by them… — Thomas Carlyle Copy Share Image
“The smug mask of virtue triumphant could be almost as horrible as the face of wickedness revealed.” — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“The Lord will judge those who slander and harm the righteous, for He defends the cause of the oppressed.” — Shaila Touchton Copy Share Image
