Quotes About Evil

Far more beguiling than the idea that evil can be destroyed by throwing a piece of expensive jewelry into a volcano is the possibility that evil can be defused by talking. The fantasy of justice is more interesting than the fantasy of fairies, and more truly fantastic.

By the pricking of my thumbs, something wicked this way comes. [...] By the stinking of my nose, something wicked this way goes[.] [...] By the blinking of my eyes, something wicked this way dies.

And there are those who would rather be behind evil than in front of it

On nights such as this, evil deeds are done. And good deeds, of course. But mostly evil, on the whole.   On nights such as this, witches are abroad. Well, not actually abroad. They don't like the food and you can't trust the water and the shamans always hog the deckchairs.

And then...they thought I was evil, she said, over another shoulder. Are you? said Tiffany Both of Miss Level turned around shocked. What kind of question is that to ask anyone? she said. Um...the obvious one? said Tiffany. I mean, if they said, 'Yes, I am! Mwahahaha!' that would save a lot of trouble, wouldn't it

If that's what bein' bad does to you, Nanny thought, I could of done with some of that years ago. The wages of sin is death but so is the salary of virtue, and at least the evil get to go home early on Fridays.

Where you found the real McCoy, the real grace and the real heart-stopping evil, was right inside the human mind.

Tiffany had watched the dead before many times, of course - it was the custom for a departing soul to have company the night before any funeral or burial, as if to make a point to anything that might be... lurking: this person mattered , there is someone here to make sure nothing evil creeps in at this time of danger.

Devil spelled backward is Lived.

Beware of the charismatic wolf in sheep's clothing. There is evil in the world. You can be tricked.

That is exactly what I learned. That evil can be so ordinary.

You're asking me to explain evil. Yes. I can't. Neither can science. It just is.

We share a belief that evil isn't just a concept. It's real, and it has a physical presence. It has a face. He paused. At some time in our lives, we've each seen it in the flesh.

If one believes in the light, one has to believe in the darkness as well.

Every culture has its own ideas of what the Devil looks like. There's only one thing that almost all cultures, dating back to the most primitive tribes, agree on: the Devil actually exists.

Hell calls to Hell sounds ominous enough. Abyssus abyssum invocat is a saying that dates back at least a thousand years. It means One evil deed leads to another.

She knew Rollo was trying to intimidate her with the evil eye. Rattle the cop, throw her off balance. He was like too many other assholes she'd known, and his stare was nothing new. Just the last resort of a loser.

Evil doesn't die. It never dies. It just takes on a new face, a new name. Just because we've been touched by it once, it doesn't mean we're immune to ever being hurt again. Lightning can strike twice.

Where there is anger, apply loving kindness. Where there is evil, offer good. Where there is stinginess, be generous. Where there are lies, be truthful.

The amassing of evil brings misery. The accumulation of good brings blessings.

Whoever neglects doing good is inviting addiction to evil.

Triviality is evil - triviality, that is, in the form of consciousness and mind that adapts itself to the world as it is, that obeys the principle of inertia. And this principle of inertia truly is what is radically evil.

Very evil people cannot really be imagined dying.

All that is necessary for evil to triumph, said Burke, is for good men to do nothing; and most good men nowadays can be relied upon to do precisely that. Where a reputation for intolerance is more feared than a reputation for vice itself, all manner of evil may be expected to flourish.