Quote by Boethius

If God is, why is there evil? But if God is not, why is there good?

— Saint Augustine

God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.

— Thomas Aquinas

As sure as God is good, so surely there is no such thing as necessary evil.

— Robert Southey

If there was no evil there would be no way to proove what good is

— Anonymous

Fundamentally, however, there is neither good nor evil; this is all based on human concepts. In the universe there exists neither good nor evil,…

— Franz Bardon

I'm a religious, spiritual person, but if there is good in the world, there must be evil, too.

— Mouni Roy

For, were it not good that evil things should also exist, the omnipotent God would almost certainly not allow evil to be, since beyond…

— Saint Augustine

Since God is the highest good, he would not allow any evil to exist in his works unless his omnipotence and goodness were such…

— Anonymous

There is no good and evil, there is only power and those too weak to seek it.

— Anonymous

There is no such thing as evil. Only relative degrees of good.

— Meher Baba

In some ways, evil is backhanded proof of Gods existence.

— Philip Yancey

There is such a thing as doing good that evil may come.

— Samuel Butler