"If there was no moral evil upon earth,……" — Joseph de Maistre

"If there was no moral evil upon earth, there would be no physical evil."

— Joseph de Maistre

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32 Quotes by Joseph de Maistre

Joseph de Maistre has 32 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

The whole earth, perpetually steeped in blood, is nothing but an immense altar on which every living thing must be…
Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.
War is thus divine in itself, since it is a law of the world. War is divine through its consequences…
Man's destructive hand spares nothing that lives; he kills to feed himself, he kills to clothe himself, he kills to…
Nothing is necessary except God, and nothing is less necessary than pain.
All pain is a punishment, and every punishment is inflicted for love as much as for justice.
Man is insatiable for power; he is infantile in his desires and, always discontented with what he has, loves only…
We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted everything and…
Without doubt God is the universal moving force, but each being is moved according to the nature that God has…
I do not know what the heart of a rascal may be, but I know what is in the heart…
Wherever an altar is found, there civilization exists.
Reason speaks in words alone, but love has a song.

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I put up my thumb and it blotted out the planet Earth. — Neil Armstrong
It's a brilliant surface in that sunlight. The horizon seems quite close to you because the curvature is so much… — Neil Armstrong
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We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
God had one son on earth without sin, but never one without suffering. — Saint Augustine
What springs from earth dissolves to earth again, and heaven-born things fly to their native seat. — Marcus Aurelius
Here is the test to find whether your mission on Earth is finished: if you're alive, it isn't. — Richard Bach
Carbon dioxide is natural. It is not harmful. It is part of Earth's life cycle. — Michele Bachmann

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