Devil Quote by William Shakespeare

We are our own devils; we drive ourselves out of our Edens.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

The devil has no power over us only as we permit him. The moment we revolt at anything which comes from God, the devil…

— Joseph Smith, Jr

Devils may be nothing but beings intent on their purpose, which now happens to collide with yours.

— Fritz Leiber

There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The…

— C. S. Lewis

In former days, men sold themselves to the Devil to acquire magical powers. Nowadays they acquire those powers from science, and find themselves compelled…

— Bertrand Russell

We're living in an unprecedented day (when) evil is no longer evil. We've changed the terminology-- iniquity is now infirmity; wickedness is now weakness;…

— Leonard Ravenhill

Powerful people are always in charge. You have to acknowledge that and deal with it as a reality. They're not devils. They're not monsters.…

— John Lithgow

If devils exist, their first aim is to give you an anesthetic -- to put you off your guard. Only if that fails, do…

— C. S. Lewis

When everything goes wrong, what a joy to test your soul and see if it has endurance and courage! An invisible and all-powerful enemy—some…

— Nikos Kazantzakis

“All the devils in hell and tempters on earth could do us no injury if there were no corruption in our own natures.”

— C.H. Spurgeon

I used to suppose that certain evils could never befall a being in possession of a sound mind; that true virtue supplies us with…

— Charles Brockden Brown

“There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The…

— C. S. Lewis