Almighty Quote by Saint Augustine

Since God is the highest good, he would not allow any evil to exist in his works unless his omnipotence and goodness were such…

— Anonymous

For, were it not good that evil things should also exist, the omnipotent God would almost certainly not allow evil to be, since beyond…

— Saint Augustine

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

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

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

No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. He and his are not neglected by the gods.

— Socrates

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

God did not create evil. Just as darkness is the absence of light, evil is the absence of God.

— Albert Einstein

“God (says he), who created all things very good, foreknew that evil would arise out of that good; and He also knew that His…

— John Calvin

As sure as God is good, so surely there is no such thing as necessary evil.

— Robert Southey

Perhaps evil is the crucible of goodness... and perhaps even Satan - Satan, in spite of himself - somehow serves to work out the…

— William Peter Blatty

God’s holiness, then, is not only the opposite of evil; it is the measure by which we know evil to be evil.

— David F. Wells