Evil Quote by Frederick William Robertson

It is the law of our humanity that man must know good through evil. No great principle ever triumphed but through much evil. No…

— Frederick William Robertson

There is only one principle, and this is Good. There is no principle of evil. If there were a principle of evil, evil would…

— Henry Thomas Hamblin

Even an evil man can have principles—he can be true to his own evil, which is not always so easy.

— Norman Mailer

We sometimes learn more from the sight of evil than from an example of good; and it is well to accustom ourselves to profit…

— Blaise Pascal

True knowledge of good and evil as we possess is merely abstract or general, and the judgment which we pass on the order of…

— Baruch Spinoza

“It is human nature. If we surround ourselves with evil, even evil becomes good to us. If we are not careful, that natural light…

— Bruce Newbold

It is always man's ideas which drive his actions. This has, at times, resulted in great evil; but as we look around us, we…

— Steven Brust

The principle of recognition of evil under all its guises is at the basis of the true education of man.

— Boris Sidis

“But you've not explained why the quality of good is not inherent, but not that of evil. I say man has these dual qualities…

— Tendai Huchu

I see on a immense scale, and as clearly as in a demonstration in a laboratory, that good comes out of evil; that the…

— John Burroughs

Evil had to manifest itself and fulfill its role, so that ultimately Good could prevail. [...] Evil needs to manifest itself, for them to…

— Paulo Coelho

Unless we lay our course in accordance with this principle, the great power for good in the world with which we have been intrusted…

— Calvin Coolidge