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...love triumphs, at least in this life, not by eliminating evil once for all, but by resisting and overcoming it anew every day.
The potentiality of perfection outweighs actual contradictions... Existence in itself is here to prove that it cannot be an evil.
The Bible does not tell us that life in this world will be fair. Evil and sin are not Victorian gentlemen; they do not play fair.
Where princes are concerned, a man who is able to do good is as dangerous and almost as criminal as a man who intends to do evil.
An evil deed, like fresh milk, does not go bad suddenly. Smouldering, like fire covered by ashes, the evil deed follows the fool.
Just as water will conform to the shape of the vessel that contains it, so will a man follow the good and evil of his companions.
Pleasure and pain, the good and the bad, are so intermixed that we can not shun the one without depriving ourselves of the other.
To escape from evil we must be made as far as possible like God; and the resemblance consists in becoming just and holy and wise.
This is what The Qur'an and the Bible have been prophesying - the end of a world of evil and injustice: We are at that time, now.
War cannot be driven out by war, for the use of evil breeds more evil, hostility more hostility, and the use of force more force.
When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come; in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had.
The whole economy of this lower world proves that it is by labor and perseverance only that good is obtained and evil is avoided.
Let's just say you may regret that second piece of cake. Oh my God. Regret cake? Whatever was about to happen must be truly evil.
Ambition is not in itself an evil; nor is he to be condemned whose spirit prompts him to seek fame by worthy and honourable ways.
Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes, but which no democracy can afford among its citizens.
Woman is a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill.
Oh, that we could but convince men and women that murmuring spirit is a greater evil than any affliction, whatever the affliction!
Ya called Fargo yet?” “No, I’ve been too busy trying to destroy the Guild and corrupt Simon’s soul. Being evil is a full-time job.
I just wanted to create things that I could be proud of. Money was just an evil byproduct to pay the bills at the end of the year.
He who does not seek advice is a fool. His folly blinds him to Truth and makes him evil, stubborn, and a danger to his fellow man.
I see the canvas and I begin... It's a necessary evil to get into the work, and it's pretty marvelous to be able to get out of it.
What is an evil man? The man is evil who coerces obedience to his private ends, destroys beauty, produces pain, extinguishes life.
Prayer, in one phase of its operation, is a disinfectant and a preventive. It purifies the air; it destroys the contagion of evil.
After having exhausted all the arguments on behalf of evil, one utters the creed's dictums with nostalgia rather than with fervor.
The evil is so ubiquitous in terms of objectification of all of us, that one can say that almost about any TV and even radio show.
It seems to me them that sees an evil thing unfold and don't do nothin' to prevent it, are just as bad as them that does the evil.
Wit and playfulness represent a desperately serious transcendence of evil. Humor is both a form of wisdom and a means of survival.
We took this challenge before our Lord and our conscience, and it must be done, because this man, Hitler, he is the ultimate evil.
Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love. The message isn't new, but we haven't learned to live it yet.
The evils we experience flow from the excess of democracy. The people do not want virtue, but are the dupes of pretended patriots.
though money is a fine servant, as a god, it does seem to develop all the evil qualities of the slave seated between the cherubim.
The museums want large crowds coming to the shows - it's the same thing. It's hype. Absolutely. But there's nothing evil about it.
We can be under the power of a spell, but we must overcome such a power; we must liberate ourselves from evil. Everyone can fight.
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.
Forgiveness is above all a personal choice, a decision of the heart to go against the natural instinct to pay back evil with evil.
Not evil, but good, has come to the race from the accumulation of wealth by those who have the ability and energy that produce it.
Civil wars are the greatest of evils. They are inevitable, if we wish to reward merit, for all will say that they are meritorious.
Don't be forecasting evil unless it is what you can guard against. Anxiety is good for nothing if we can't turn it into a defense.
To get the inestimable good that freedom of the press assures one must know how to submit to the inevitable evil it gives rise to.
Democracy is threatened by the inertia of good people, by the selfishness of most people, and by the evil designs of a few people.
What True Blood does really well is that it balances on the line between good and evil - you blur the distinction between the two.
I think the most inspiring thing that Americans can do for the rest of the world is struggle against the evils in our own society.
To be painted a villain, you have to do something, I guess, evil or something heinous, and I don't know if I fit that description.
Evil is a source of moral intelligence in the sense that we need to learn from our shadow, from our dark side, in order to be good.
Do not be thoughtless, always be mindful, watch your thoughts! Draw yourself out of the path of evil, like an elephant sunk in mud.
Evil is just sort of ultimately boring. The good thing is just complicated. It's more provocative to me and more stimulating to me.
To be evil at all, Satan needs good things he can abuse, things like intelligence, power and will. Those good things come from God.
Everybody has a wicked side, whether they are six or sixty, and yet so often storytelling draws a sharp line between good and evil.
For neither good nor evil can last for ever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand.
Uncertainty and danger are always closely allied, thus making any kind of an unknown world a world of peril and evil possibilities.