I know there’s evil in the world, and there always has been. But you don’t need to believe in Satan or demons to explain it. Human beings are perfectly capable of evil all by themselves.
Tess Gerritsen
Related Evil gives you far more strings to pull. But I must say that I have never been interested in the psy... LARS VON TRIER All human beings are commingled out of good and evil. ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON There comes a time when a human being has to either face evil or admit to allowing it. Abortion is l... BILL O'REILLY When evil acts in the world it always manages to find instruments who believe that what they do is n... MAX LERNER Nobody in this world can explain you the meaning of life, but I can explain it only in four words an... VIKRANT PARSAI But we had ceased to hate. Belsen had some way cured us of all hate, at least all hate of any human ... ROBERT COLLIS Gradually it was disclosed to me that the line separating good and evil passes not through states, n... ALEKSANDR SOLZHENITSYN I believe that human beings are desperate, always, to belong to something larger than themselves. DAVID WHYTE And people who believe in God think God has put human beings on earth because they think human being... MARK HADDON The true roll in determing to embrace or reject anything is not whether it have any evil in it but w... SETH GRAHAME-SMITH Being a vampire is not a curse. It’s a disease,” Tessa filled in. “But they still can’t ente... CASSANDRA CLARE Just as I’ve always known there are monsters in the world, monsters and things even more evil, I�... PATRICIA BRIGGS Since boredom advances and boredom is the root of all evil, no wonder, then, that the world goes bac... SOREN KIERKEGAARD What had human beings become? Did war make us evil or just activate an evil already lurking within u... RUTA SEPETYS Some people give themselves over to their most evil desires, and those people becomes evil. But in g... BILL JAMES Whoever originated the cliche that money is the root of all evil knew hardly anything about the natu... ERIC HOFFER People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know w... ANNE RICE False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. SOCRATES False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil. PLATO Overpowered by the sadness of not knowing what there is in the world, and what I'm doing. Fee... JACK KEROUAC You think that your laws correct evil - they only increase it. There is but one way to end evil - by... LEO TOLSTOY So far as we are human, what we do must be either evil or good: so far as we do evil or good, we are... TS (THOMAS STEARNS) ELIOT So far as we are human, what we do must be either evil or good: so far as we do evil or good, we are... T.S. ELIOT Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human b... MACKENZIE ASTIN I have a controversial opinion about evil, because I don't believe evil exists. I believe that a... VICTOR SALVA People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't kn... ANNE RICE I found them both to be courageous, deeply wounded people. They're both still suffering from the inj... OLIVER STONE I suspect that here theists and atheists would agree: Human beings have within them the ability to c... ADAM HAMILTON I have known some horses and a good many more pigs who I believe harbored evil intent in their heart... CHARLES PORTIS Be the good in the world, and you will see the good in the world. Be the evil in the world and you w... PHILIP T. M. Rincewind stared, and knew that there were far worse things than Evil. All the demons in Hell would ... TERRY PRATCHETT There's always the same amount of good luck and bad luck in the world. If one person doesn't get the... TOM ROBBINS Evil always wins through the strength of its splendid dupes; and there has in all ages been a disast... G.K. CHESTERTON Best to live and love by the maxim that 'silence in the face of evil is evil itself', but when it's ... CRISS JAMI I don’t like the idea of “understanding” a film. I don’t believe that rational understanding... FEDERICO FELLINI We Christian writers must paint evil with the blackest of brushes, not to sow fear, but to call out ... TED DEKKER We are all capable of evil thoughts, but only very rarely of evil deeds: we can all do good deeds, b... CESARE PAVESE I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of ... ISAK DINESEN I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance o... ISAK DINESEN I don't believe in devils. Indifference and misunderstandings can create evil situations. Most o... MAX VON SYDOW There are many powers in the world, for good or for evil. Some are greater than I am. Against some I... J.R.R. TOLKIEN The world may not be a great place, all the evil and suffering seems to overpower all the good in th... MANPREET GREWAL Christianity may be good and Satanism evil. Under the Constitution, however, both are neutral. This ... CARL SAGAN Don’t be disheartened by the forces of evil. Nothing can happen that God hasn’t allowed. Even re... STEVE MARABOLI We are all weak, finite, simple human beings, standing in the need of prayer. None need it so much a... HAROLD C. PHILLIPS The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by... JEFF COOPER Society wants to believe it can identify evil people, or bad or harmful people, but it's not practic... TED BUNDY It's very juicy to twirl your mustache and figure out why people do the horrible things that the... ZELJKO IVANEK There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil. BENJAMIN HAYDON But he is the black to your grey. In the end, you are all stained with the evil that is the human co... TARAN MATHARU People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil... Evil is alwa... ANNE RICE I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance... ISAK DINESEN There’s no way that Michael Jackson or whoever Jackson should have a million thousand droople bill... TUPAC SHAKUR The world isn’t evil, even if there are bad things in it. KAREN LYNCH Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself. LAO TZU Of all evil I deem you capable: Therefore I want good from you. Verily, I have often laughed at the ... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE There is no denying that there is evil in this world but the light will always conquer the darkness. IDOWU KOYENIKAN Society wants to believe it can identify evil people, or bad or harmful people, but it’s not pract... HOURLY HISTORY There is evil in everybody. But never let the evil in you overpower the good in you. OLASOT I think everything should have an end, an end of the brutal stuff happening home. ENd for the song, ... DEYTH BANGER It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their ... MAHATMA GANDHI It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honored by the humiliation of their f... MAHATMA GANDHI Don’t trust in smile every time because evil always enters smiling. VIKRANT PARSAI It isn't God who's evil-it's us.......Everyone wants to know where evil comes from and why the world... SYLVAIN REYNARD There are times when the evil seems so impenetrable, the wickedness so victorious, you don't even kn... HEATHER DAY GILBERT Evil always turns up in this world through some genius or other. DENIS DIDEROT I believe that there is one story in the world, and only one. . . . Humans are caught—in their liv... JOHN STEINBECK Only the forgotten are truly dead. TESS GERRITSEN Our number one priority is battling discrimination against Arab-Americans, and changing the stereoty... HANI KHOURY Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very mu... LAURA SCHLESSINGER You know…it always seems obvious to outsiders when someone is doing something wrong, but when your... CASSANDRA KEMPER Evil cannot be "treated" -- nor should it be. Evil has to [be] confronted and destroyed and it matte... BILL O'REILLY People are very complex. And for a psychologist, you get fascinated by the complexity of human being... DANIEL KAHNEMAN By definition, a human being is endowed with free will. He can use this to choose between good and e... ANTHONY BURGESS I said to him, "Shall I tell you where the men are who believe most in themselves? For I can tell yo... G.K. CHESTERTON You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with e... JOHN RUSKIN You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with e... JOHN RUSKIN Oh, this was the great ploy of Satan in that kingdom of his: to display such blatant evil one could ... CORRIE TEN BOOM Many have puzzled themselves about the origin of evil. I am content to observe that there is evil, a... JOHN NEWTON In the myopic world of the liberals, guns are responsible for evil instead of the perpetrator of evi... RICK PERRY Let me tell you that the children from their very birth are born to evil. Satan seems to have contro... ELLEN G. WHITE Accepting evil is worse than committing evil. You must – I repeat – you must, as a human being, ... ABHIJIT NASKAR I don't believe in good human beings, but I believe you can have structures that make it easier ... JUSTIN WELBY I and the public know What all schoolchildren learn, Those to whom evil is done Do evil in... W. H. AUDEN I have been touched by extreme violence, and I have been robbed of the life I always wanted by someo... TAYA KYLE Once she exclaimed, "But I always thought that sorceresses were evil!" "What do you mean 'evil'... GERALD MORRIS We are tainted by modern philosophy which has taught us that all is good, whereas evil has polluted ... JOSEPH DE MAISTRE The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it. AYN RAND I do not believe a good player is capable of having an evil thought during the game. WILHELM STEINITZ I believe in human beings, and that all human beings should be respected as such, regardless of thei... MALCOLM X As long as mortals choose to do evil, then evil will triumph. And Lucifer will laugh when people bla... KERRELYN SPARKS You are all zombie thigh-fat people brought into reanimation by some evil force of forceful evil! JHONEN VáSQUEZ In this world, there is no absolute good, no absolute evil," the man said. "Good and evil are not fi... HARUKI MURAKAMI Man's enemies are not demons, but human beings like himself. LAO TZU More than anything, there are more images in evil. Evil is based far more on the visual, whereas goo... LARS VON TRIER Your name is feared by many in Underworld. Your father has created quite the reputation for himself,... M.R. MERRICK I am always loath to use the world 'evil,' but if 'evil' is the reverse of 'live... DAVID ICKE But there is one thing you must remember, if you forget all else. There is no good or evil, save in ... JULIET MARILLIER Only humans think death is evil. But it is nature. Evil exist's only in life. There is much good and... ISOBELLE CARMODY Lorsen shook his head in amazement. 'You truly are disgusting.' 'I would be the last to disagre... JOE ABERCROMBIE
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