Evil Quote by Theodore Parker Download Open image “It is vain to trust in wrong; as much of evil, so much of loss, is the formula of human history.” — Theodore Parker ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.1 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Evil Evil Loss Formulas History Human history Humans Loss Trust Trust Wrong Vain Wrong Evil
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It is vain to trust in wrong; it is like erecting a building upon a frail foundation, and which will directly be sure to… — Hosea Ballou Copy Share Image
It is my opinion that human history can make no sense unless evil doings are recognized for what they are, and that they are… — Simon Conway Morris Copy Share Image
All our experience with history should teach us, when we look back, how badly human wisdom is betrayed when it relies on itself — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
All the lessons of history and experience must be lost upon us if we are content to trust alone to the peculiar advantages we… — William Henry Harrison Copy Share Image
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“The past requires not only that we study it and know it, but also that we learn its lessons - for this simple reason:… — Tzvetan Todorov Copy Share Image
“Fortunately, as human history has shown, it is not unusual for good to come of evil, less is said about the evil that can… — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
Long view of history shows evil triumphing more often than we'd like to admit. That's just how it is. I don't despair too much… — Ta-Nehisi Coates Copy Share Image
The history of mankind is the most bloody and predictable due to the nature of man. The reason we have honor, pride, and dignity… — Melchor Lim Copy Share Image
That which is called liberality is frequently nothing more than the vanity of giving. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Every man has at times in his mind the Ideal of what he should be, but is not. This ideal may be high and… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
I do not pretend to understand the moral universe; the arc is a long one. . . . But from what I see I… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
For a thousand years no king in Christendom has shown such greatness or given so high a type of manly virtue. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Let us do our duty in our shop or our kitchen, in the market, the street, the office, the school, the home, just as… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Temperance is corporeal piety; it is the preservation of divine order in the body. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
The lottery of honest labor, drawn by time, is the only one whose prizes are worth taking up and carrying home. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
The joy of heaven will begin as soon as we attain the character of heaven, and do its duties. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
The books that help you the most are those which make you think the most. — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Mankind never loses any good thing, physical, intellectual, or moral, till it finds a better, and then the loss is a gain. No steps… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
Manly natural religion - it is not joining the Church; it is not to believe in a creed, Hebrew, Protestant, Catholic, Trinitarian, Unitarian, Nothingarian.… — Theodore Parker Copy Share Image
I've always been fascinated by the idea that there's no such thing as evil; it's all in your point of view. To one group… — Eli Roth Copy Share Image
If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil. — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
I do conscientiously and sincerely believe that the Order of Freemasonry, if not the greatest, is one of the greatest moral and political evils… — John Quincy Adams Copy Share Image
Let us remember that every worldview-not just Christianity's-must give an explanation or an answer for evil and suffering...this is not just a problem distinctive… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
Evil cannot be "treated" -- nor should it be. Evil has to [be] confronted and destroyed and it matters not why the evil is… — Bill O'Reilly Copy Share Image
The evil which does me no harm is like the good which in no wise avails me. — Leonardo da Vinci Copy Share Image
Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things,… — James Nayler Copy Share Image