Quotes on Evil

There is no end to the creativity, ingenuity, and tenacity of those who look for reasons to criticize. They cannot seem to release their grip on grudges. They gossip and find fault with others. They nurse wounds for decades, taking every opportunity to tear down and demean others. This is not pleasing to the Lord, 'for where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work' (James 3:16).

Let us confess it: evil strides the world.

The Devil is easy to identify. He appears when you're terribly tired and makes a very reasonable request which you know you shouldn't grant.

Glutton- A person who escapes the evils of moderation by committing dyspepsia.

It is unpleasing to represent our affairs to our own disadvantage; yet it is necessary to shew the evils which we desire to be removed.

The most rapturous delights you have ever had - in the beauty of a landscape, or in the pleasure of food, or in the fulfillment of a loving embrace - are like dewdrops compared to the bottomless ocean of joy that it will be to see God face-to-face (1 John 3:1-3). That is what we are in for, nothing less. And according to the Bible, that glorious beauty, and our enjoyment of it, has been immeasurably enhanced by Christ's redemption of us from evil and death.

I have been brought up open-minded. If I didn't know any people from other countries, I'd think everyone was evil based on news stories. But I know a lot of people, and know that there is no such thing as stark good and evil. Isn't it possible there is the same amount of evil everywhere?

Mary joins us, she fights at our side. She supports Christians in the fight against the forces of evil. Especially through prayer, through the rosary. Hear me out, the rosary... Do you pray the Rosary each day?

The (method of) correction shall by a turn become distortion, and the good in it shall by a turn become evil.

Youth should stay away from all evil, especially things that produce wickedness and ill-will.

Our best performances are so stained with sin, that it is hard to know whether they are good works or bad works.

The protection of a man's person is more sacred than the protection of his property.

Power is gradually stealing away from the many to the few, because the few are more vigilant and consistent.

The corruption of man is followed by the corruption of language.

Those who voluntarily put power into the hands of a tyrant ... must not wonder if it be at last turned against themselves.

Whoever does not pray to God, prays to the devil.

When we do not profess Jesus Christ, we profess the worldliness of the devil, a demonic worldliness.

Everything that exalts and expands consciousness is good, while that which depresses and diminishes it is evil.

Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires.

Whenever power is used for evil, it becomes diabolical; it must be used for good only.

Good and evil thoughts are each a potent power, and they fill the universe.