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Evil Quotes by Saint Augustine
- The greatest evil is physical pain.
- He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.
- God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
- Passion is the evil in adultery. If a man has no opportunity of living with another man's wife, but if it is obvious for some…
- The confession of evil works is the first beginning of good works.
- There is no possible source of evil except good.
- For, were it not good that evil things should also exist, the omnipotent God would almost certainly not allow evil to be, since beyond doubt…
- Ex Malo Bounum (good out of evil).
- What is reprehensible is that while leading good lives themselves and abhorring those of wicked men, some, fearing to offend, shut their eyes to evil…
- Do you know who the upright of heart are? They are those who wish what God wishes. Therefore, do not try to twist God's will…
- If God is, why is there evil? But if God is not, why is there good?
- He who commends the nature of the soul as the supreme good, and condemns the nature of the flesh as evil, at once both carnally…
- The sky and the earth and the waters and the things that are in them, the fishes, and the birds and the trees are not…
- Feast of Willibrord of York, Archbishop of Utrecht, Apostle of Frisia, 739 Other sins find their vent in the accomplishment of evil deeds, whereas pride…
- Since God is the highest good, he would not allow any evil to exist in his works unless his omnipotence and goodness were such as…
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
- 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
- The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to the people… — Chester A. Arthur
- Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings! — Mackenzie Astin
- God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine
- 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