Quotes about Evil
The godly have some good in them, therefore the devil afflicts them; and some evil in them, therefore God afflicts them.
— Thomas Watson
I don't doubt that God can bring good out of tragedies, but the Bible is clear that God is not the author of evil!
— Tony Campolo
Satan hates God for His own sake, and everything that is dear to God he hates for the very reason that God loves it.
— AW Tozer
If God were to remove all evil from our world (but somehow leave human beings on the planet), it would mean that the essence of 'humanness' would be destroyed. We would become robots.
— Billy Graham
The world was new each day for God so made it daily. Yet it contained within it all the evils as before, no more, no less.
— Cormac McCarthy
He who has a living faith in God will not do evil deeds with name of God on his lips.
— Mahatma Gandhi
If God wiped out all sources of evil in the world we would no longer be here, the evil is inside us.
— Timothy Keller
Unfortunately, some Christians are guilty of throwing out an equivalent sentiment when they play the "God is sovereign" card as a way to trump every evil that comes your way.
— Tullian Tchividjian
I call God long-suffering and patient precisely because He permits evil in the world. I know that He has no evil in Him and yet if there is evil, He is the author of it and yet untouched by it.
— Mahatma Gandhi
The Bible teaches us that God does not cause pain, but that He uses pain and evil to advance His cause and shape His servants.
— Max Lucado
The presence of the devil is on the first page of the Bible, and the Bible ends as well with the presence of the devil, with the victory of God over the devil.
— Pope Francis
Much of what happens in our world is evil and bad, but God specializes in bringing good out of it.
— Rick Warren