Quotes about Evil
Evil may have its hour, but God will have His day.
- Bishop Fulton J. Sheen
Mercy imitates God and disappoints Satan.
- St. John Chrysostom
Since God is the highest good, he would not allow any evil to exist in his works unless his omnipotence and goodness were such as to bring good even out of evil.
- St. Augustine
The devil is God's ape!
- Martin Luther
God himself would not permit evil in this world if good did not come of it for the benefit and harmony of the universe.
- St. Thomas Aquinas
It is one thing to fear God as threatening, with a holy reverence, and another to be afraid of the evil threatened.
- John Owen
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist.
- St. Augustine
Faith is, necessary to explain anything, and to reconcile the foreknowledge of God with human evil.
- William Wordsworth
Satan can imitate God, but he cannot duplicate Him - God is the only One who can deliver us from our pain and suffering.
- David Jeremiah
To say that God permits evil in the world may not be pleasing to the ear. But if He is held responsible for the good, it follows that He has to be responsible for the evil too.
- Mahatma Gandhi
God Almighty would in no way permit evil in His works were He not so omnipotent and good that even out of evil He could work good.
- St. Augustine
One of the most evil dispositions possible is that which satirizes and turns everything to ridicule. God abhors this vice, and has sometimes punished it in a marked manner
- Francis de Sales