Quotes About Evil

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another.

Terrorism is the preferred weapon of weak and evil men.

When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love.

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

I do not know what the heart of a bad man is like. But i do know what the heart of a good man is like. And it is terrible.

When morals decline and good men do nothing, evil flourishes.

It is indeed probable that more harm and misery have been caused by men determined to use coercion to stamp out a moral evil than by men intent on doing evil.

No man chooses evil because it's evil. He only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.

Speak no evil of the Lady Galadriel!" said Aragorn sternly. "You know not what you say. There is in her and in this land, no evil, unless a man bring it hither himself. Then let him beware!

The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.

The act of exploring what the men are, and moreover the separation of the good from the evil, is visitation; and the good are then removed, and the evil are left behind.

It is always man's ideas which drive his actions. This has, at times, resulted in great evil; but as we look around us, we cannot doubt that it has resulted in greater good.

Reason is poor propaganda when opposed by the yammering, unceasing lies of shrewd and evil and self-serving men.

Believe me; all evil comes from the old. They grow fat on ideas and young men die of them.

The real problem is in the hearts and minds of men. It is not a problem of physics but of ethics. It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.

The tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison.

This serpent, SATAN, is not the enemy of Man, but He who made Gods of our race, knowing Good and Evil; He bade 'Know Thyself!' and taught Initiation.

In every man's heart there is a devil, but we do not know the man as bad until the devil is roused.

There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.

It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man.

The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.

With his mind free from the inflow of thoughts and from restlessness, by abandoning both good and evil, an alert man knows no fear.

What is an evil man? The man is evil who coerces obedience to his private ends, destroys beauty, produces pain, extinguishes life.

Tofu is the root of all evil, and there's only one thing that can change a man's mind, and that's a modified Uzi with an extra-long clip.