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Friday, July 5th, 2024
the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
the Week of Proper 8 / Ordinary 13
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Sermon Quotations Archive
Quotations regarding 'Evil'
Only among people who think no evil can Evil monstrously flourish.
Logan Pearsall Smith, American Critic (1865-1946)
It is in his knowledge that man has found his greatness and his happiness, the high superiority which he holds over the other animals who inhabit the earth with him, and consequently no ignorance is probably without loss to him, no error without evil.
James Smithson, British Scientist
One who is injured ought not to return the injury, for on no account can it be right to do an injustice; and it is not right to return an injury, or to do evil to any man, however much we have suffered from him.
Socrates, Greek Philosopher
False words are not only evil in themselves, but they infect the soul with evil.
Socrates, Greek Philosopher
I know why we can't have a frank discussion with our policymakers - if you're in the government or in law enforcement you cannot acknowledge that drugs are anything but inherently evil and morally wrong.
Steven Soderbergh, American Director (1963- )
The battleline between good and evil runs through the heart of every man.
Alexander Solzhenitsyn, -
Societies need to have one illness which becomes identified with evil, and attaches blame to its victims.
Susan Sontag, American Author (1933-2004)
There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune.
Sophocles, Greek Poet
There is no greater evil than anarchy.
Sophocles, Greek Poet
To live without evil belongs only to the gods.
Sophocles, Greek Poet
For those whose wit becomes the mother of villainy, those it educates to be evil in all things.
Sophocles, Greek Poet
Evil counsel travels fast.
Sophocles, Greek Poet
Evil gains work their punishment.
Sophocles, Greek Poet
No one who errs unwillingly is evil.
Sophocles, Greek Poet
Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain.
Robert Southey, English Poet (1774-1843)
I profess accurately to describe native Africa - Africa in those places where it has not received the slightest impulse, whether for good or evil, from European civilisation.
John H. Speke, -
If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.
Baruch Spinoza, Philosopher (1632-1677)
Whatever diminishes life is evil, and whatever enhances life is good.
John Shelby Spong, American Clergyman (1931- )
A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth.
Charles Spurgeon, British Clergyman (1834-1892)
I tend to think of action movies as exuberant morality plays in which good triumphs over evil.
Sylvester Stallone, American Actor (1946- )
