Evils Quotes

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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
Infidelity and faith look both through the perspective glass, but at contrary ends. Infidelity looks through the wrong end of the glass; and, therefore, sees… — Joseph Hall
The ideal of faith in ourselves is of the greatest help to us. If faith in ourselves had been more extensively taught and practiced, I… — Swami Vivekananda
The Conspiracy Theory of Society... [is] a typical result of the secularization of a religious superstition. The belief in the Homeric gods whose conspiracies explain… — Karl Popper
Just as a very little fresh water is blown away by a storm of wind and dust, in like manner the good deeds, that we… — Saint Basil
Socrates was the first to call philosophy down from the heavens and to place it in cities, and even to introduce it into homes and… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Prayer is converse with God, equal honor with the Angels, progress in good things, averting of evils, righting of sinners. — Ephrem the Syrian
Some people are so foolish that they think they can go through life without the help of the Blessed Mother. Love the Madonna and pray… — Pio of Pietrelcina
They were too God-intoxicated to be "astronomically intimidated." They brought an end to such ancient evils as infanticide and gladiatorial contest. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
It is a fact worthy of note that the shortest lived nations of which we have record have been monogamic. Rome...was a monogamic nation and… — George Q. Cannon
Out of two evils, the less is always to be chosen. — Thomas a Kempis
A nation that cannot preserve itself ought to die, and it will die - die in the grasp of the evils it is too feeble… — Morris Sheppard
What torments of grief you endured, from evils that never arrived — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in… — Seneca the Younger
The greatest of all evils is a weak government — Benjamin Disraeli
But you don't do it. Because guys like us, Red, we know there's a third choice. An alternative to staying simon-pure or bathing in the… — Stephen King
No one wishes for crisis, but when crises come, they can call forth our best impulses, those of compassion, courage, creativity, and community. And if… — David Spangler
Shall I show you the sinews of a philosopher? What sinews are those? - A will undisappointed; evils avoided; powers daily exercised; careful resolutions; unerring… — Epictetus
Nothing is so rash as fear; its counsels very rarely put off, whilst they are always sure to aggravate the evils from which it would… — Edmund Burke

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