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Evil Quotes by C.S. Lewis
- You and I have need of the strongest spell that can be found to wake us from the evil enchantment of worldliness.
- The descent to hell is easy and those who begin by worshipping power, soon worship evil.
- I am suffering incessant temptations to uncharitable thoughts at present; one of those black moods in which nearly all one's friends seem to be selfish…
- Badness cannot succeed even in being bad in the same way in which goodness is good. Goodness is, so to speak, itself: badness is only…
- Evil comes from the ABUSE of free will
- Good and evil increase at compound interest. That's why the little decisions we make every day are of infinite importance.
- We must perpetually try to distinguish, however closely they get entwined by the subtle nature of the facts and by the secret importunity of our…
- According to Christian teachers, the essential vice, the utmost evil, is Pride.
- If a thing is free to be good it is also free to be bad. And free will is what has made evil possible. Why,…
- We never find out the strength of the evil impulse inside us until we try to fight it.
- We must beware of the Past, mustn't we? I mean that any fixing of the mind on old evils beyond what is absolutely necessary for…
- You are guilty of no evil, Ransom of Thulcandra, except a little fearfulness. For that, the journey you go on is your pain, and perhaps…
- The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks
- The greatest evil is not done in those sordid dens of evil that Dickens loved to paint ... but is conceived and ordered (moved, seconded,…
- You understand sleep when you are awake, not while you are sleeping. You can see mistakes in arithmetic when your mind is working properly; while…
- Length of days with an evil heart is only length of misery.
- Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.
- The human spirit will not even begin to try to surrender self-will as long as all seems to be well with it. Now error and…
- Alas," said Aslan, shaking his head. "It will. Things always work according to their nature. She has won her heart's desire; she has unwearying strength…
- Evil can be undone, but it cannot 'develop' into good. Time does not heal it. The spell must be unwound, bit by bit, 'with backward…
More Evil Quotes
- The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil. — Hannah Arendt
- Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
- The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because… — Aristotle
- If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they allow to… — Teresa of Avila
- A deep man believes that the evil eye can whither, the heart's blessing can heal, and that love can overcome all odds.... — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really… — Hannah Arendt
- Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings! — Mackenzie Astin
- When the soul, through its own fault... becomes rooted in a pool of pitch-black, evil smelling water, it produces nothing but misery… — Teresa of Avila