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As so often happens in politics, what appears to be politically expedient for those in power rarely overlaps with the public interest. The lesser evils… — Unknown Author
This is the doctrine of Christian Science: that divine Love cannot be deprived of its manifestation, or object; that joy cannot be turned into sorrow,… — Mary Baker Eddy
If religion cannot restrain evil, it cannot claim effective power for good. — Morris Raphael Cohen
If in my lifetime the problem of non-free software is solved, I could perhaps relax and write software again. But I might instead try to… — Richard Stallman
Do not be angry with people who are weak. That is the mark of a coward. There are plenty of things to be angry about… — Josei Toda
It is inconceivable that the God who gives Himself in His Son to save us, should have created some people ordained to evil and damnation.… — Jacques Ellul
We should not be simply fighting evil in the name of good, but struggling against the certainties of people who claim always to know where… — Tzvetan Todorov
For evil to take place, the acts of a few people are not sufficient; the great majority also has to remain indifferent. That is something… — Tzvetan Todorov
What is nobler than to tread under foot the gods of the nations, to exorcise evil spirits, to perform cures, to seek divine revelations, and… — Tertullian
There are still preserved among Christians traces of that Holy Spirit that appeared in the form of a dove. They expel evil spirits, perform many… — Tertullian
In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments. — Rutherford B. Hayes
There is no evil and there are no evil forces in the world. There are only people of awareness, and there are people who are… — Rajneesh
The highest spiritual quality, the noblest property of mind a man can have, is this of loyalty ... a man with no loyalty in him,… — Algernon Charles Swinburne
The Art of Peace is medicine for a sick world. There is evil and disorder in the world, because people have forgotten that all things… — Morihei Ueshiba
I had utterly abandoned myself to Him. Could any choice be as wonderful as His will? Could any place be safer than the center of… — V. Raymond Edman
Abortion is without a doubt one of the greatest moral evils within modernity. As the "Advocate of Christian Memory," a pope must take up the… — Pope Francis
One day Mara, the Buddhist god of ignorance and evil, was traveling through the villages of India with his attendants. He saw a man doing… — Jack Kornfield
The fall of Rome is often regarded as an object lesson in the wages of sin. Its contemporaries, however, more frequently laid the blame on… — Unknown Author
. . . as to moral feeling, this supposed special sense, the appeal to it is indeed superficial when those who cannot think believe that… — Immanuel Kant
Ex Malo Bounum (good out of evil). — Saint Augustine
Whatever may be our condition in life, it is better to lay hold of its advantages than to count its evils. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Consider that nothing in human life is stable; for then you will not exult overmuch in prosperity, nor grieve overmuch in adversity. Rejoice over the… — Isocrates
Laziness is the mother of all evils. — Sophocles
Every man is a missionary, now and forever, for good or for evil, whether he intends or designs it or not. He may be a… — Thomas Chalmers
But how can you know anything of the impression made on others? Who can assure you that others do not draw therefrom incentives to evil?… — Pope Pius XII

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