Quotes about Evil
Whenever you believe that the evil outside you is greater than the evil inside you, a heartfelt pursuit of Christ will be replaced by a zealous fighting of the "evil" around you. A celebration of the grace that rescues you from your own sin will be replaced by a crusade to rescue the church from the ills of the surrounding culture. Christian maturity becomes defined as a willingness to defend right from wrong. The gospel is reduced to participation in Christian causes.
- Timothy Lane
The presence of evil was something to be first recognized, then dealt with, survived, outwitted, triumphed over.
- Toni Morrison
Unforgiveness imprisons our souls and opens the door to evil spirits in us. In my experience, unforgiveness is the number one reason why Christians are oppressed.
- Kris Vallotton
Prisoners are people who have invited demonic oppression into their lives through a lifestyle of sin. The demons know they have permission to wreak havoc in these prisoners' souls until the prisoners repent. Once a prisoner has repented, the evil spirits no longer have authorization to oppress that person because the roots of sin have been dealt with.
- Kris Vallotton
Rebel spaceships, striking from a hidden base, have won their first victory against the evil Galactic Empire.
- George Lucas
Remember Luke, the suffering of one man is the suffering of all. Distances are irrelevant to injustice. If not stopped soon enough, evil will eventually reaches out to engulf all men, whether they have opposed it or ignored it.
- George Lucas
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference - they deserve a place of honor with all that's good.
- George Washington
But he is unworthy the name of a minister of the gospel of peace, who is unwilling, not only to have his name cast out as evil, but also to die for the truths of the Lord Jesus.
- George Whitefield
The humblest individual exerts some influence, either for good or evil, upon others.
- Henry Ward Beecher
The devil does not stay where music is.
- Martin Luther
By evil report and good report.
- Anonymous
There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the roots.
- Henry David Thoreau