Evil, and evil spirits, devils and devil possession, are the outgrowth of man's inadequate consciousness of God. We must avoid thinking of evil as a thing in itself - a force that works against man or, against God, if you will.
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Related Evil, and evil spirits, devils and devil possession, are the outgrowth of man's inadequate conscious... ERIC BUTTERWORTH If you do not seek God, the devil will suggest evil to you SUNDAY ADELAJA The Garden is a metaphor for the following: our minds, and our thinking in terms of pairs of opposit... JOSEPH CAMPBELL Anytime there's a God, there has to be a devil. And anytime there's good, there has to be ev... TASHA SMITH There are two great forces, God's force of good and the devil's force of evil, and I believe... BILLY GRAHAM We rant and rave against God for the evil we have to endure but hardly blink at the evil in our own ... JONI EARECKSON TADA The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, eve... JOSEPH BRODSKY The evil in the world must not make me doubt the existence of God. There could be no evil if there w... FULTON J. SHEEN The symbol of a drama, a symphony, or a dance is useful to correct a certain absurdity which may ari... C.S. LEWIS Stay away from evil deeds and indulge in virtuous ones, surrender totally to the will of God. A man,... ATHARVA VEDA I have a controversial opinion about evil, because I don't believe evil exists. I believe that a... VICTOR SALVA A god who created man "after his own image", and still the origin of evil in man is not accredited t... JOHANN MOST If power made one evil, then God would be the Devil. JONAH GOLDBERG And what constitutes evil, real evil, is the taking of a single human life. Whether a man would die ... ANNE RICE Let a man avoid evil deeds as a man who loves life avoids poison BUDDHA No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; ... PROTAGORAS All my life, I've understood the nature of where I come from, but I never thought it might be wicked... BRENNA YOVANOFF To see evil and call it good, mocks God. Worse, it makes goodness meaningless. A word without meanin... STEPHEN R. LAWHEAD You shall always find what you created in your mind, for instance, a benevolent God or an evil Devil... HANS BENDER I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most o... MAX VON SYDOW Prophet!” said I, “thing of evil! — prophet still, if bird or devil! — EDGAR ALLAN POE I lift my voice of warning against praising or flattering your ministers. I have seen the evil, the ... ELLEN G. WHITE To have a film where there's an evil figure and a good person fights against the evil figure and... HAYAO MIYAZAKI If we believe that god is the creator of evil, maybe there is evil also in heaven, if that is the ca... BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA I think everything should have an end, an end of the brutal stuff happening home. ENd for the song, ... DEYTH BANGER Everything good is the transmutation of something evil: every god has a devil for a father. FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE God seldom suspends the laws of nature, just as God does not remove free will to keep evil people fr... ADAM HAMILTON Richard Nixon was an evil man - evil in a way that only those who believe in the physical reality of... HUNTER S. THOMPSON If you have to look along the shaft of an arrow from the wrong end, if a man has you entirely at his... TERRY PRATCHETT Evil and good are God's right hand and left. HORACE MANN Accepting evil is worse than committing evil. You must – I repeat – you must, as a human being, ... ABHIJIT NASKAR Scientific views end in awe and mystery, lost at the edge in uncertainty, but they appear to be so d... RICHARD P. FEYNMAN There is no one who is completely evil as to lack some goodness in him. BANGAMBIKI HABYARIMANA Best to live and love by the maxim that 'silence in the face of evil is evil itself', but when it's ... CRISS JAMI Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak... DIETRICH BONHOEFFER If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever pra... EPICURUS If our wondrous kindness is evidence for God, is our capacity for great evil proof of the Devil? PAUL BLOOM You do evil to the man and to God through your miracle prayers all the time. SUNDAY ADELAJA Corrupt fantasy points us, or forms us, in a consciousness that can lead to thinking that evil is go... MICHAEL O'BRIEN That man that killed another man is no criminal nor should he be consider an evil man for his action... ENRIQUE MIGUEL ALCALA SILVA Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, c... PUBLIUS CORNELIUS TACITUS Calvin: Do you believe in the devil? You know, a supreme evil being dedicated to the temptation, c... PROVERB Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridicul... PAUL KLEE What if evil doesn't really exist? What if evil is something dreamed up by man, and there is nothing... LIBBA BRAY [It's a] post 9/11 film, ... When you have such overtly evil and unjustifiable acts, it causes us to... CRAIG DETWEILER Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own... ROBERT SOUTHEY We aren't praying for this evil person. He went against God. He went against the Bible. He betrayed ... BARUCH MARZEL Devil is just "evil" with a "d" and God is just "good" without an "o" JASON MENEZES For every thinking and reflecting man the existence of evil is a riddle he cannot escape. FRANçOIS PETIT Education is not a panacea. Education in the mind of evil man is evil sevenfold. TROY J. GAINEY God will not damn a lunatic's soul. He knows that the powers of evil are too great for those of ... GARRETT FORT Man allowed by God to do good and evil. That's why some of angels feel so jealous. TOBA BETA In restoring man from evil sovereignty, we must cheat. SUN MYUNG MOON You are a very weak person if you knowly welcome evil in your home, because it is easier then to sta... PATTY RASE HOPSON Unions are the result of profit seekers. Unions are the way the average guy gets even with evil corp... RUSH LIMBAUGH He said after a little while, 'I see why you say that only men do evil, I think. Even sharks are inn... URSULA K. LE GUIN Triviality is evil - triviality, that is, in the form of consciousness and mind that adapts itself t... THEODOR W. ADORNO An evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be sent against him. BIBLE The problem of evil... Why does God permit it? Or, if God is omnipotent, in which case permission an... WILLIAM TEMPLE God has the capacity to look at the world through two lenses. When God looks at a painful or wicked ... JOHN PIPER Prophet!' said I, 'thing of evil! - prophet still, it bird or devil! EDGAR ALLAN POE Man has 2 common problems with God: the one is that there is evil in the world; the other is that fr... CRISS JAMI Be good to others, that will protect you against evil. ABU BAKR Goodness is something chosen. When a man cannot choose he ceases to be a man. ANTHONY BURGESS We're all caught up in circumstances, and we're all good and evil. When you're really hu... ANTHONY HOPKINS In commendably seeking to protect freedom of speech, we must not lower our defences against the evil... BARRY O'FARRELL Evil is a point of view. God kills indiscriminately and so shall we. For no creatures under God are ... ANNE RICE There is another thing about a kid, if we all remember, that you have an attraction to evil. Evil is... THOMAS FORAN All the habits of Man are evil. GEORGE ORWELL The god of the Christians, as we have seen, is the god who makes promises only to break them; who se... JOHANN MOST You must learn that if you are a Christian, you will without a doubt experience all kinds of opposit... MARTIN LUTHER Behold a worthy sight, to which the God, turning his attention to his own work, may direct his gaze.... LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA “Evil is a point of view. God kills indiscriminately and so shall we.” ANNE RICE So far as we are human, what we do must be either evil or good: so far as we do evil or good, we are... TS (THOMAS STEARNS) ELIOT So far as we are human, what we do must be either evil or good: so far as we do evil or good, we are... T.S. ELIOT But the devil when he purports any evil against man, first
perverts his mind.
[Lat., At daemon, h... EURIPIDES The knowledge of Evil brings you near to God. ABHIJIT TRIPATHI It is no strain of metaphor to say that the love of God and the wrath of God are the same thing, des... R. J. CAMPBELL If you think of evil things, you are likely to do evil things and that will never pay you a pesewa. ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR When the evil works of man crush the body, heart, mind, and spirit all around the world, let us not ... JOEY TALLADINO Never violate a woman, nor harm a child. Do not lie, cheat or steal. These things are for lesser men... DAVID GEMMELL When you are posessed by evil spirits, it is crafty manipulations that you follow; but when you are ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Feast of Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons, Teacher, Martyr, c.200 We need not despair of any man, s... ST. AUGUSTINE If there is anything worse than evil, it is nothingness. At least evil has a form, and a voice, and ... JOHN CONNOLLY Commemoration of Richard Rolle of Hampole, Writer, Hermit, Mystic, 1349 The Christian is the rea... FRANCIS A. SCHAEFFER Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil... PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY Some people give themselves over to their most evil desires, and those people becomes evil. But in g... BILL JAMES Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as ... JAMES WOODS People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil... Evil is alwa... ANNE RICE Don’t be disheartened by the forces of evil. Nothing can happen that God hasn’t allowed. Even re... STEVE MARABOLI In this world, there is no absolute good, no absolute evil," the man said. "Good and evil are not fi... HARUKI MURAKAMI Neither man nor angel can discern hypocrisy, the only evil that walks invisible except to God alone. JOHN MILTON I tell people all the time, 'Don't give up.' We get almost to our blessing, whether you ... SAM CHILDERS Unless God has raised you up for this very thing, you will be worn out by the opposition of men and ... JOHN WESLEY The great and important duty which is incumbent on Christians, is to guard against all appearance of... GEORGE WHITEFIELD Religion and education are no match for evil without the grace of God. B. R. HAYDEN You are all zombie thigh-fat people brought into reanimation by some evil force of forceful evil! JHONEN VáSQUEZ Evil is of the devil. LAILAH GIFTY AKITA The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, eve... JOSEPH BRODSKY The surest defense against Evil is extreme individualism, originality of thinking, whimsicality, eve... JOSEPH BRODSKY
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