Doe Quote by Ramakrishna Download Open image “Why does God allow evil in the world? To thicken the plot.” — Ramakrishna ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Doe Evil Plot World
Sometimes (at least in principle) God might allow some evil because doing so will prevent a greater evil, and sometimes He might allow evil… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
To say that God permits evil in the world may not be pleasing to the ear. But if He is held responsible for the… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Either God wants to abolish evil, and cannot; or he can, but does not want to. — Epictetus Copy Share Image
The only answer to this, and it isn't an entire answer, said Father Travis, is that God made human beings free agents. We are… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
Evil by its very nature opposes the purposes of God, but God, in his sovereignty, can make even this evil serve his purposes. — David F. Wells Copy Share Image
While God is not the author of evil and He never prompts or condones sin, nothing occurs without His sovereign oversight. Others may choose… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
God created the possibility of evil; people actualized that potentiality. The source of evil is not God's power but mankind's freedom. Even an all-powerful… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
People are tempted to think (understandably) that if God were really good He'd never allow any evil in the world at all. But I… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
“In this primal sense, then, evil is evil because it is rebellion against God. Evil is the failure to do what God demands or… — D. A. Carson Copy Share Image
“If there are good reasons why God might permit evil in this life (such as the preservation of free will and the ability to… — J. Warner Wallace Copy Share Image
One must be very particular about telling the truth. Through truth one can realize God. — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
It is very pleasant to scratch an itching ring-worm, but the sensation one gets afterwards is very painful and intolerable. In the same way… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
By the mind one is bound; by the mind one is freed. ... He who asserts with strong conviction: "I am not bound, I… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
So long as the bee is outside the petals of the lily, and has not tasted the sweetness of its honey, it hovers around… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Sugar and sand may be mixed together, but the ant rejects the sand and goes off with the sugar grain; so pious men lift… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Meditate upon the Knowledge and Bliss Eternal , and you will also have bliss. The Bliss indeed is eternal, only it is covered and… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
As for me, I consider myself as a speck of the dust of the devotee's feet. — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
We laugh at the efforts of the musk deer to find the source of the scent which comes from itself and despair at our… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
Too much study of the scriptures does more harm than good. The important thing is to know the essence of the scriptures. After that,… — Ramakrishna Copy Share Image
So the fool, as distinct from the scoundrel, is completely self- satisfied; in fact, he can easily become dangerous, as it does not take… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
For successful education there must always be a certain freshness in the knowledge dealt with. It must be either new in itself or invested… — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Sometimes a sign or a quote is simply interesting by itself and does not require anything beyond being framed on a page. — Stephen Vincent Benet Copy Share Image
A home is not a museum. It doesn't have to be furnished with Picasso paintings, or Sheraton suites, or Oriental rugs, or Chinese pottery.… — James M. Cain Copy Share Image
The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and… — Grace Lee Boggs Copy Share Image
He's a fool that marries; but he's a greater fool that does not marry a fool. — William Wycherley Copy Share Image
Nothing old is ever reborn but neither does it totally disappear. And that which has once been born, will always reappear in a new… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
One of the things the United States does well is building coalitions. What the U.S. knows is that if you don't have a coalition… — Shimon Peres Copy Share Image
Preaching to the choir actually arms the choir with arguments and elevates the choir's discourse. There's a reason the right does it and does… — Dan Savage Copy Share Image
There is something about the South that accepts the supernatural. If you don't accept it and you're having a conversation with someone who does,… — Alice Englert Copy Share Image
