Orson Scott Card Quotes About Evil

Quotes about: Evil

• No human being, when you understand his desires, is worthless. No one's life is nothing. Even the most evil of men and women, if you understand their hearts, had some generous act that redeems them, at least a little, from their sins.

  Orson Scott Card

  Life Lesson, Heart, Men

  Orson Scott Card (2009). “Speaker for the Dead”, p.97, Macmillan

• Evil people naturally assume that you will use that power exactly as they would use it.

  Orson Scott Card

  Evil People, Use, Assuming

  Orson Scott Card (2010). “Heartfire: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.60, Macmillan

• It is the downfall of evil, that it never sees far enough ahead.

  Orson Scott Card

  Evil, Enough, Downfall

  "Stone Tables". Book by Orson Scott Card, 1997.

• The most evil creatures dont desire the destruction of everythingthey only desire to exploit it for themselves.

  Orson Scott Card

  Evil, Desire, Destruction

  Orson Scott Card (2016). “Seventh Son and Red Prophet”, p.147, Macmillan

• Good people can't out-think evil, cause evil thinks of things good folks can't think of.

  Orson Scott Card

  Thinking, People, Evil

  "Homebody". Book by Orson Scott Card, March 4, 1998.

• Quim," she said, "don't ever try to teach me about good and evil. I've been there, and you've seen nothing but a map.

  Orson Scott Card

  Evil, Trying, Maps

  Orson Scott Card (2009). “Speaker for the Dead”, p.142, Macmillan

• Do you know why Satan is so angry all the time? Because whenever he works a particularly clever bit of mischief God uses it to serve his own Rigteous purposes." "So God uses wicked people as his tools?" "God gives us the freedom to to do great evil, if we choose, then He uses his own freedom to create goodness out of that evil, for that is what He chooses." "So, in the long run, God always wins?" "Yes, in the short run though it can be uncomfortable.

  Orson Scott Card

  Running, Clever, Winning

  Orson Scott Card (2013). “Ender's Game Boxed Set I: Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon”, p.509, Tor Science Fiction

• She remembered the story from her childhood, about Adam and Eve in the garden, and the talking snake. Even as a little girl she had said - to the consternation of her family - What kind of idiot was Eve, to believe a snake? But now she understood, for she had heard the voice of the snake and had watched as a wise and powerful man had fallen under its spell. Eat the fruit and you can have the desires of your heart. It's not evil, it's noble and good. You'll be praised for it. And it's delicious.

  Orson Scott Card

  Girl, Wise, Powerful

  Orson Scott Card (2013). “Ender's Game Boxed Set I: Ender's Game, Ender's Shadow, Shadow of the Hegemon”, p.484, Macmillan

• The dreamers always seem to think their dream is worth the price that other people will pay. They also delude themselves that they will control whatever evil they use to try to bring about their dream.

  Orson Scott Card

  Dream, Thinking, People

  Orson Scott Card (2004). “The Crystal City: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.97, Macmillan

• I think that a good person can sometimes do wrong out of ignorance or weakness or wrong thinking, but when hard times come, the goodness wins out after all. And a bad person can often seem good and trustworthy for a long time, but when hard times come, the evil in him gets revealed.

  Orson Scott Card

  Ignorance, Hard Times, Winning

  Orson Scott Card (1996). “Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.236, Macmillan

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