Evil Quotes

There is no possible source of evil except good.

Shall I tell you what the real evil is? To cringe to the things that are called evils, to surrender to them our freedom, in defiance of which we ought to face any suffering.

Nobody thinks that they're evil or bad, they think that they're doing the right thing.

On the choice of friends, Our good or evil name depends.

I hold with Henry George, that at the back of every great social evil will be found a great political wrong.

I don't doubt that God can bring good out of tragedies, but the Bible is clear that God is not the author of evil!

The belief that there is only one truth, and that oneself is in possession of it, is the root of all evil in the world.

The lack of money is the root of all evil.

Evil requires the sanction of the victim.

There is only one evil, one crime, one sin: lack of heart.

See, I have set before you this day life and good, death and evil... I have set before you life and death, blessing and curse; therefore choose life.

I do like to explore evil characters in my books.

The power of choosing good and evil is within the reach of all.

Let us never forget that terrorism at its heart, at its evil heart, is a psychological war. It endeavors to break the spirit and the resolve of those it attacks by creating a lose-lose situation.

I've never doubted that apartheid - because it was of itself fundamentally, intrinsically evil - was going to bite the dust eventually.

The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding.

To be free from evil thoughts is God's best gift.

Desire is poverty. Desire is the greatest impurity of the mind. Desire is the motive force for action. Desire in the mind is the real impurity. Even a spark of desire is a very great evil.

I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word in reality. This is why right, temporarily defeated, is stronger than evil triumphant.

No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.

A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

Nature soaks every evil with either fear or shame.

I think that generally music should be a positive thing, I like Bob Marley's attitude: he said that his goal in life was to single handedly fight all the evil in the world with nothing but music, and when he went to a place he didn't go to play, he went to conquer.

Basting is evil. Basting does nothing for the meat. Why? Skin. Skin is designed to keep stuff out of the bird, so basting just lets heat out of the oven. That means the turkey will take longer to cook... so don't touch that door!

I do not consider divorce an evil by any means. It is just as much a refuge for women married to brutal men as Canada was to the slaves of brutal masters.

I wouldn't say jamie is an evil genius. I'm not sure he's evil and I'm not sure he's a genius.

However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.

Whatever evil a man may think of women, there is no woman but thinks more.

Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.

I believe that, as long as there is plenty, poverty is evil.