Quotes About Evil

This discovery will draw us closer to the day when humanity can cast aside its evil ways and eventually join the galactic civilization.

You can not stare evil in the face; it has no face. It has no body, no bones, no blood. Any attempt to describe it ends in glibness and self-delusion.

Far more than the casual recreation we think of when it comes to games of skill in Mesoamerican cultures the ball game was a sacred ritual that reenacted the struggle between the forces of good and evil. It might also have been a way for groups to avoid warfare by solving conflicts through a match instead, one that occasionally ended with human sacrifice…

I would far rather be ignorant than knowledgeable of evil.

The Sphinx, the Watch-dog that presideth over evil days.

Benefits bestowed upon the evil-disposed, increase their means of injuring you.

The safeguards of virtue are hateful to the evil disposed.

There's too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will.

There is too much tendency to attribute to God the evils that man does of his own free will. I must concede you the Devil. God doesn't really need to punish us, Miss Barton. We're so busy punishing ourselves.

Evil never goes unpunished, Monsieur. But the punishment is sometimes secret.

Mademoiselle, I beseech you, do not do what you are doing." "Leave dear Linnet alone, you mean!" "It is deeper than that. Do not open your heart to evil." Her lips fell apart; a look of bewilderment came into her eyes. Poirot went on gravely: "Because—if you do—evil will come…Yes, very surely evil will come…It will enter in and make its home within you, and after a little while it will no longer be possible to drive it out.

Evil is not any superhuman, but it is HUMAN.

Nowadays, no one believes in evil. It is considered, at most, a mere negation of good. Evil, people say, is done by those who know no better - who are undeveloped - who are to be pitied rather than blamed. But, M. Poirot, evil is real! It is a fact! I believe in Evil as I believe in Good. It exists! It is powerful! It walks the earth!' He stopped. His breath was coming fast. He wiped his forehead with his handkerchief and looked suddenly apologetic. 'I'm sorry. I got carried away.

Is death the greatest evil that can happen to anyone?

The only clue to what is in people's minds is in their behavior. If a man behaves strangely, oddly, is not himself-- Then you suspect him? No. That is just what I mean. A man whose mind is evil and whose intentions are evil is conscious of that fact and he knows that he must conceal it all costs. He dare not, therefore, afford any unusual behavior.

She's had a long life of experience in noticing evil, fancying evil, suspecting evil and going forth to do battle with evil.

Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human.

Evil is not something superhuman, it's something less than human. Your criminal is someone who wants to be important, but who never will be important, because he'll always be less than a man

A murderer is seldom content with one crime.

Murder—the wish to do murder—is something quite different. It—how shall I say?—it defies God.

They are never really dead, these super criminals

One does see so much evil in a village," murmured Miss Marple in an explanatory voice.

It is romantic, yes," agreed Hercule Poirot. "It is peaceful. The sun shines. The sea is blue. But you forget, Miss Brewster, there is evil everywhere under the sun.

Yes," said Miss Marple. "The children of Lucifer are often beautiful—And as we know, they flourish like the green bay tree.