Quotes About Evil

I could wish that I had recourse to the Prince of Darkness & his quick ways of revenge;

evil' is after all a relative term: there being a minor and pragmatical sort, to be disposed of as one swats a fly, and a vast, all-encompassing, one might say universal sort, that must be halted by any means at hand.

To destroy evil we must destroy the being which evil inhabits, even if it is ourselves.

So evil is the brood of the slogans that the most splendid and noble battle cries, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, bred nothing but new and more cunning, more hypocritical despots, better organised murder, popular nationalism drunk with the conceit of hooligans, militarism as the tool of demagogues, hatred not to be assuaged by the blood of millions and a century of tears.

For we are not wrestling with flesh and blood [contending only with physical opponents], but against the despotisms, against the powers, against [the master spirits who are] the world rulers of this present darkness, against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere. —EPHESIANS 6:12

for he comes only to steal, kill, and destroy (see John 10:10).

By the power of His blood, come against all evil spirits that hinder godly thoughts. If you feel your mind is sluggish, lazy, and unable to believe, then speak against "mind-binding spirits." Pray this way not just one time but any time you experience difficulty in this area. The devil never runs out of fiery darts to throw against us when we are trying to go forward.

Jesus knew when it was about time for Him to go to the cross. In John 14:30 He actually said to His disciples, I will not talk with you much more, for the prince (evil genius, ruler) of the world is coming. And he has no claim on Me. [He has nothing in common with Me; there is nothing in Me that belongs to him, and he has no power over Me.]

Concentrating on the evil things you are doing will never help you do the good things that you desire to do.

The Bible says in Romans 12:21 that we overcome evil with good.

Words can poison, words can heal. Words start and fight wars, but words make peace. Words lead men to the pinnacles of good And words can plunge men to the depths of evil. —Marguerite Schumann

In the darkness of the bedroom I thought of that, although thinking in the darkness is not advisable: things seem bigger or more serious in the darkness, illnesses more destructive, the presence of evil closer, indifference more intense, solitude more profound.

The real evil is usually the element that makes one nervous while they are confronting or exposing it.

Wherever you find the greatest good, you will find the greatest evil, because evil loves paradise as much as good.

I was pondering the vanity of human wishes and the desperation of human hope, the tooth of time, the vulnerability of good and the unseen omnipresence of evil, and the frailty and passion of life.

Where you find the greatest good, there you will also find greatest Evil, for Evil likes Paradise every bit as much as Good does. What makes the best environment for Clematis armandi makes a lovely home for leaf hoppers. A place where Joe Allston hopes to enjoy his retirement turns out to be Tom Weld's ancestral acres and a place attractive to Caliban.

Freedom is like a man who kills himself Each night, an incessant butcher, whose knife Grows sharp in blood. The armies kill themselves, And in their blood an ancient evil dies— The action of incorrigible tragedy.

It is good death That puts an end to evil death and dies.

Most modern reproducers of life, even including the camera, really repudiate it. We gulp down evil, choke at good.

I believe in the devil, in the Powers of Darkness, Lawford, as firmly as I believe he and they are powerless – in the long run. They – what shall we say? - have surrendered their intrinsicality. You can just go through evil, as you can go through a sewer, and come out on the other side. A loathsome process too.

It is very seldom that one encounters what would appear to be sheer unadulterated evil in a human face; an evil, I mean, active, deliberate, deadly, dangerous. Folly, heedlessness, vanity, pride, craft, meanness, stupidity - yes. But even Iagos in this world are few, and devilry is as rare as witchcraft. ("Bad Company")

That is, living one's full life for God, taking into consideration first of all the actual and then the remote possible good and evil, and then properly preparing oneself with the help of God for any occasion. This is done by prayer, vigilance, and knowledge. Knowledge leads us to God, gives us God, and [enables us to] have life in him. If somebody says he is happy without God, he lies. No creature can satisfy the soul of man which was created for God.

Es war sogar etwas Tröstliches in dieser toten Welt, denn die Abwesenheit von Leben bedeutet auch die Abwesenheit von Gefahr. Alles Böse geht von den Lebenden aus.

For he that does good, having the unlimited power to do evil, deserves praise not only for the good which he performs, but for the evil which he forbears.