Quotes having the keyword Evil
It is very necessary to have markers of beauty left in a world seemingly bent on making the most evil ugliness.
by Thornton Wilder (Novelist, American , born in 1897) keywords: beauty, bent, evil, left, making, markers, most, necessary, seemingly, ugliness, very , world Riches and the things that are necessary in life are not evil in themselves. And all of us face cares and troubles in this life. The sin comes in the time and energy we spend in pursuing these things, at the expense of neglecting Christ.
by David Wilkerson (Clergyman , American) keywords: cares, christ, comes, energy, evil, expense, face, life, necessary, neglecting, pursuing, riches, sin, spend, themselves, these, things, time, troubles , us At some point we must make a decision not to allow the mere threat of charges of cultural or religious insensitivity to stop us from dealing with this evil.
by Armstrong Williams (Journalist, American , born in 1959) keywords: allow, charges, cultural, dealing, decision, evil, insensitivity, make, mere, must, point, religious, some, stop, threat , us Black people are inferior to Caucasians. Blacks constitute a totally distinct group; they overshadow the country with the germ... of evil.
by David Wilmot (Activist, American , born in 1814) keywords: black, blacks, constitute, country, distinct, evil, germ, group, inferior , totally Every war results from the struggle for markets and spheres of influence, and every war is sold to the public by professional liars and totally sincere religious maniacs, as a Holy Crusade to save God and Goodness from Satan and Evil.
by Robert Anton Wilson (Writer, American , born in 1932) keywords: crusade, every, evil, god, goodness, holy, influence, liars, maniacs, markets, professional, public, religious, results, satan, save, sincere, sold, spheres, struggle, totally , war You seem to think that the only genuine existence evil can have is conscious existence - that no one is evil unless he admits it to himself. I disagree.
by Gene Wolfe (Writer, American , born in 1931) keywords: admits, conscious, disagree, evil, existence, genuine, himself, only, seem, think , unless No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
by Mary Wollstonecraft (Writer, British , born in 1759) keywords: because, chooses, evil, good, happiness, man, mistakes, only , seeks Sometimes the way you respond to horrific, evil deeds is the measure of one's self as a man, as a nation, as people, as a community.
by James Woods (Actor, American , born in 1947) keywords: community, deeds, evil, horrific, man, measure, nation, respond, self, sometimes , way Government is an unnecessary evil. Human beings, when accustomed to taking responsibility for their own behavior, can cooperate on a basis of mutual trust and helpfulness.
by Fred Woodworthtopics: Government keywords: accustomed, basis, behavior, beings, cooperate, evil, government, human, mutual, own, responsibility, taking, their, trust , unnecessary One impulse from a vernal wood May teach you more of man, Of moral evil and of good, Than all the sages can.
by William Wordsworth (Poet, English , born in 1770) keywords: evil, good, impulse, man, may, moral, more, sages, teach, than , wood I have been primarily interested in how and why ordinary people do unusual things, things that seem alien to their natures. Why do good people sometimes act evil? Why do smart people sometimes do dumb or irrational things?
by Philip Zimbardo (Psychologist, American , born in 1933) keywords: act, alien, been, dumb, evil, good, how, interested, irrational, natures, ordinary, primarily, seem, smart, sometimes, their, things, unusual , why The line between good and evil is permeable and almost anyone can be induced to cross it when pressured by situational forces.
by Philip Zimbardo (Psychologist, American , born in 1933) keywords: almost, anyone, between, cross, evil, forces, good, induced, line, pressured , situational What happens when good people are put into an evil place? Do they triumph or does the situation dominate their past history and morality?
by Philip Zimbardo (Psychologist, American , born in 1933) keywords: does, dominate, evil, good, happens, history, into, morality, past, place, put, situation, their , triumph