Demon Quotes

786 quotes by 477 authors

Children, after being limbs of Satan in traditional theology and mystically illuminated angels in the minds of educational reformers, have reverted to being little devils;… — Bertrand Russell
Enoch predicted that "the demons and the spirits of the angelic apostates would turn into idolatry all the elements, all the adornment of the universe,… — Tertullian
Offerings to propitiate the dead then were regarded as belonging to the class of funeral sacrifices, and these are idolatry. Idolatry, in fact, is a… — Tertullian
Your demons will cause your angels to sing. Use the pain as fuel. — August Wilson
Until you have a son of your own . . . you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the… — Kent Nerburn
There is a demon in technology. It was put there by man and man will have to exorcise it before technological civilization can achieve the… — Rene Dubos
Religion! but for thee, prolific fiend, Who peoplest earth with demons, hell with men, And heaven with slaves! — Percy Bysshe Shelley
I was hell bent on destruction... it was like being possessed by a demon. — Anthony Hopkins
...It would be more consistent that we call [the Bible] the work of a demon than the word of God. It is a history of… — Thomas Paine
My singing silenced the bullies, but better than that, it silenced the demons inside me. When you're jeered at, told to shut up, sit still,… — Susan Boyle
Weapons are the tools of violence;all decent men detest them.Weapons are the tools of fear;a decent man will avoid themexcept in the direst necessityand, if… — Laozi
True transformation occurs only when we can look at ourselves squarely and face our attachments and inner demons, free from the buzz of commercial distraction… — Julia Hill
Both angels and demons are ignorant of the future, yet they make predictions. The angels do so when God reveals the future to them and… — John of Damascus
One question that has always intrigued me is what happens to demonic beings when immigrants move from their homelands. Irish-Americans remember the fairies. Norwegian-Americans the… — Richard Mercer Dorson
I face my demons and embrace my fate. — Lynda Bellingham
We all have inner demons to fight, we call these demons, fear and hatred and anger. If you do not conquer them then a life… — Yip Man
Contemporary man is blind to the fact that, with all his rationality and efficiency, he is possessed by "powers" that are beyond his control. His… — Carl Jung
Liebig himself seems to have occupied the role of a gate, or sorting-demon, such as his younger contemporary Clerk Maxwell once proposed, helping to concentrate… — Thomas Pynchon
God called Abraham and commanded him to go out from the country where he was living. With this call God has roused us all, and… — Justin Martyr
You can't be afraid to deal with your demons. You've got to go there to be able to write. — Lucinda Williams

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