Quotes about Evil
What do we find God 'doing about' this business of sin and evil?...God did not abolish the fact of evil; He transformed it. He did not stop the Crucifixion; He rose from the dead.
— Dorothy Sayers
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
Around us there is the presence of evil. The devil is at work. But in a loud voice I say: GOD IS STRONGER.
— Pope Francis
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