Evil Quotes - Page 24

• I saw that evil was impotent—that evil was the irrational, the blind, the anti-real—and that the only weapon of its triumph was the willingness of the good to serve it.

  Ayn Rand

  Real, Triumph, Weapons

  Ayn Rand (1988). “The Ayn Rand Lexicon: Objectivism from A to Z”, p.170, Penguin

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• The spectacle of modern investment markets has sometimes moved me towards the conclusion that to make the purchase of an investment permanent and indissoluble, like marriage, except by reason of death or other grave cause, might be a useful remedy for our contemporary evils. For this would force the investor to direct his mind to the long-term prospects and to those only.

  John Maynard Keynes

  Long, Mind, Causes

  John Maynard Keynes (2006). “General Theory Of Employment , Interest And Money”, p.143, Atlantic Publishers & Dist

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• The nature of the world is to be calm, and enhance and support life, and evil is an absence of the inclination of matter to be at peace.

  Gregory Maguire

  Support, World, Matter

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• I mean, evil and boredom. Evil and ennui. Evil and the lack of stimulation. Evil and sluggish blood.

  Gregory Maguire

  Mean, Blood, Boredom

  Gregory Maguire (2013). “The Wicked Years Complete Collection: Wicked, Son of a Witch, A Lion Among Men, and Out of Oz”, p.82, Harper Collins

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• There is more evil in the least sin than in the greatest affliction.

  Thomas Brooks

  Affliction, Sin

  Thomas Brooks (1810). “Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices: Being a Companion for Christians of All Denominations”, p.36

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• Every fresh act of sin lessens fear and remorse, hardens our hearts, blunts the edge of our conscience, and increases our evil inclination.

  J. C. Ryle

  Heart, Sin, Increase

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• Are you tempted? Look unto Jesus. Are you afflicted? Look unto Jesus. Do all speak evil of you? Look unto Jesus. Do you feel cold, dull, and backsliding? Look unto Jesus.

  J. C. Ryle

  Jesus, Looks, Dull

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• When God gives you comforts, it is your great evil not to observe His hand in them.

  John Flavel

  Hands, Giving, Comfort

  John Flavel (2013). “The Mystery of Providence”, p.133, Lulu Press, Inc

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• History buffs probably noted the reunion at a Washington party a few weeks ago of three ex-presidents: Carter, Ford and Nixon - See No Evil, Hear No Evil and Evil.

  Bob Dole

  Party, President, Three

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  Inside of me there are two dogs. One is mean and evil and the other is good and they fight each other all the time. When asked which one wins I answer, the one I feed the most.

  Sitting Bull

  Dog, Mean, Fighting

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• You want to eliminate your evil desires in order to reveal your Buddha nature, but where will you throw them away?

  Shunryu Suzuki

  Order, Desire, Want

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• There are subtle ways and overt ways of alienating a child from a parent, but either way it's evil

  Dennis Prager

  Children, Parent, Way

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• For us, terrorism remains the great evil of our time, and the war against this evil, our generation’s great cause … There is no middle way for Americans: it is victory or holocaust.

  Richard Perle

  War, Our Generation, Holocaust

  David Frum, Richard Perle (2003). “An End to Evil: How to Win the War on Terror”, p.12, Random House

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• I also feel that if you were evil, then next time around you would be very good.

  Patricia Velasquez

  Would Be, Next, Very Good

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• I oscillate between life and death, happiness and sadness, good and evil.

  Alexander McQueen

  Sadness, Life And Death, Good And Evil

  "Alexander McQueen’s 'Savage Beauty' At Metropolitan Museum Of Art (PHOTOS)" by Samantha Critchell, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 3, 2011.

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• Evil's just destructive? Then storms are evil, if it's that simple. And we have fire, and there there's hail. Underwriters lump it all under 'Acts of God.

  Thomas Harris

  Simple, Fire, Storm

  Thomas Harris (2009). “The Silence of the Lambs”, p.22, Macmillan

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• Women with women, men with men, they committed indecent acts with one another, and they received in themselves the due penalty for their perversions. They’re full of murder, envy, strife, hatred. They are insolent, arrogant, God-haters. They are heartless, they are faithless, they are senseless, they are ruthless. They invent ways of doing evil.

  Phil Robertson

  Men, Envy, Hatred

  "Phil Robertson Homophobic Past Resurfaces In 2010 Sermon" by Cavan Sieczkowski, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 19, 2013.

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• The 20th century taught us how far unbridled evil can and will go when the world fails to confront it. It is time that we heed the lessons of the 20th century and stand up to these murderers. It is time that we end genocide in the 21st century.

  Allyson Schwartz

  Taught Us, World, Lessons

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• If one evil thought, if one evil word, if one evil action, deserves eternal damnation, how many hells, my friends, do every one of us deserve, whose whole lives have been one continued rebellion against God!

  George Whitefield

  Damnation, Action, Hell

  George Whitefield (1904). “Selected Sermons of George Whitefield: With an Introduction and Notes by the Rev. A.R. Buckland ...”, p.883, CCEL

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• I refuse to let the standards of evil people chip away at my capacity for integrity.

  Stefan Molyneux

  Integrity, Evil People, Chips

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• The acknowledgement of having suffered evil is the greatest step forward in mental health.

  Stefan Molyneux

  Steps, Mental Health, Acknowledgement

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• Nothing in all the vast universe can come to pass otherwise than God has eternally purposed. Here is a foundation of faith. Here is a resting place for the intellect. Here is an anchor for the soul, both sure and steadfast. It is not blind fate, unbridled evil, man or Devil, but the Lord Almighty who is ruling the world, ruling it according to His own good pleasure and for His own eternal glory.

  Arthur W. Pink

  Fate, Men, Anchors

  Arthur W. Pink (2008). “Sovereignty of God”, p.58, Sovereign Grace Publishers,

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• Holiness is the sum of a million little things — the avoidance of little evils and little foibles, the setting aside of little bits of worldliness and little acts of compromise, the putting to death of little inconsistencies and little indiscretions, the attention to little duties and little dealings, the hard work of little self-denials and little self-restraints, the cultivation of little benevolences and little forbearances.

  Kevin DeYoung

  Hard Work, Self, Attention

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• Demon or angel or evil spirit, I just need something to show itself. Ghoulie or ghosty or long-legged beastie, I just want my hand held.

  Chuck Palahniuk

  Angel, Hands, Long

  Chuck Palahniuk (1999). “Survivor: A Novel”, Anchor

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• Religion acts as a moral gardener, to weed out, or suppress, evil tendencies, which, like weeds and nettles, would shoot up spontaneously in the wonderful compost of the garden, if unwatched.

  Henry Morton Stanley

  Weed, Garden, Moral

  Henry Morton Stanley (1909). “The autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley ...”

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