Quotes about Evil

there is inconceivably more evil and guilt in the evil of thy heart that doth remain, than there would be in so much sin if thou hadst no grace at all.

Jekyll had more than a father's interest; Hyde had more than a son's indifference.

Fear is a greater evil than evil itself.

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality, namely that good consists in maintaining, assisting, and enhancing life, and that to destroy, to harm, or to hinder life is evil

It is true that every day has its own evil, and its good too. But how difficult must life be, especially farther on when the evil of each day increases as far as worldly things go, if it is not strengthened and comforted by faith. And in Christ all worldly things may become better, and, as it were, sanctified. Theo, woe is me if I do not preach the Gospel; if I did not aim at that and possess faith and hope in Christ, it would be bad for me indeed, but no I have some courage.

Stupidity is the same as evil if you judge by the results.

In the vacuum created by fear and ignorance and hunger and want, it's evil, not good, that rushes to fill the void.

Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.

There is some good in the worst of us, and some evil in the best of us.

These evils I deserve, and more . . . . Justly, yet despair not of his final pardon, Whose ear is ever open, and his eye Gracious to re-admit the suppliant.

We have freedom to do good or evil; yet to make choice of evil, is not to use, but to abuse our freedom.

He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he be a king.