Evil within Quote by Victor Hugo

“In opposition to this celestial tenderness, he summoned up pride, the fortress of evil in man.”

— Victor Hugo

“This recurred to his mind unceasingly. To this celestial kindness he opposed pride, which is the fortress of evil within us. He was indistinctly…

— Victor Hugo

“What great good, then, we are to expect and hope from participating in his divinity, when even his distress calms us and his weakness…

— Augustine of Hippo

“Evil has insinuated itself into our very souls and rules over us from the very citadel erected to guard us against it.”

— Miroslav Volf

“learn to conquer evil by good, malice by kindness, meekness, and humility.”

— St. John of Kronstadt

“For I saw no wrath except on man's side, and he forgives that in us, for wrath is nothing but a perversity and an…

— Julian of Norwich

“He who passively accepts evil is as much involved in it as he who helps to perpetrate it.”

— Martin Luther King Jr

“It is in a man's own mind, not his enemy or foe, that leads him to evil ways.”

— Buddha

“We cannot choose, he thought, the people we're born into nor what they teach us. So that opposition exists, and appears to us as…

— Karen Fisher

“We are surrounded by evil forces in our daily lives. We must be wise enough to recognize them. Strong enough to resist them and…

— J.E.Holling

“Lord keep us from evil so that it may not cause us pain.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“After much searching I have found the thing that sets me apart: a sort of stubborn attachment to evil.”

— André Gide