All things Quote by Marcus Aurelius

Evil has no substance of its own, but is only the defect, excess, perversion, or corruption of that which has substance.

— John Henry Newman

God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.

— Thomas Aquinas

It has been rightly said that nothing is unimportant, nothing powerless in the universe; a single atom can dissolve everything, and save everything! What…

— Gerard De Nerval

“Evil then consists not in being created but in the rebellious idolatry by which humans worship and honour elements of the natural world rather…

— N.T. Wright

Evil is a necessary part of the order of the universe.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Nothing is evil which is according to nature.

— Marcus Aurelius

Evil is the chronic malady of the universe, and checked in one place, breaks forth in another.

— Herman Melville

All evil and good is petty before Nature. Personally, we take comfort from this, that there is a universe to admire that cannot be…

— Vernor Vinge

Nothing is of its nature evil, and nothing is of its nature good. Evil is only excess, good is simply balance. All things are…

— John Parsons

Evil is in antagonism with the entire creation.

— Heinrich Zschokke

“[The Universe] does not care, and even with all our science there are some disasters that we can not avert. All evil and good…

— Vernor Vinge

There is nothing evil but what is within us; the rest is either natural or accidental.

— Philip Sidney