1.
The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles.
Jeff Cooper
2.
The world will not be destroyed by those who do evil, but by those who watch them without doing anything.
Albert Einstein
'Inaction will be the undoing of humanity, not malevolence.'
4.
When you have a bad suspicion about a Muslim in your heart, you should increase your consideration toward him and make dua for him. This way you will infuriate Satan and will be able to drive him away. Because of this, Satan will be reluctant to put evil thoughts into your heart, afraid that you would increase your consideration towards your brother and will make dua for him again.
Al-Ghazali
5.
There is no one ugly, deep, dark, powerful or evil enough to stop God from loving you. Nothing anyone can ever do to you can sever your connection to God. Nothing you could ever do can dam the unstoppable love of God for you. His love for you is undeniable, unrelenting and unconditional. You may ignore God, ridicule Him and reject Him but His love for you will remain constant and unchanging.
T. B. Joshua
6.
I came into the world charged with the duty to uphold the right in every place, to destroy sin and evil... the only reason I took birth was to see that righteousness may flourish, that good may live, and tyrants be torn out by their roots.
Guru Gobind Singh
7.
There are few, I believe, in this enlightened age, who will not acknowledge that slavery as an institution is a moral and political evil.
Robert E. Lee
I strongly posit that in this progressive epoch, only a small number of people would refuse to accept that slavery is an immoral and political blight.
8.
The first thing that Shaytan (Satan) will try to do is get you to stop praying. You know why? Because he has to kill the guard if he wants to penetrate the castle. Once the guard is gone, then Shaytan(satan) can open the floodgates for evil. And he has a lot of patience. He has done this to many people before so he’s experienced as well.
Nouman Ali Khan
9.
Money Is The Root Of All Evil I Thought....But When Im Broke Is Usually When I Have The Evilest Thoughts
Fabolous
'Wealth Is The Origin Of All Corruption I Believed....But When Im Penniless Is Generally When I Have The Most Sinister Ideas'
10.
When you say there's too much evil in this world you assume there's good. When you assume there's good, you assume there's such a thing as a moral law on the basis of which to differentiate between good and evil. But if you assume a moral law, you must posit a moral Law Giver, but that's Who you're trying to disprove and not prove. Because if there's no moral Law Giver, there's no moral law. If there's no moral law, there's no good. If there's no good, there's no evil. What is your question?
Ravi Zacharias
11.
Being dead broke is the Root of all Evil.
Rick Ross
Profound poverty is the Origin of all Mischief.
12.
If shaytan has entered into your heart - evil will look beautiful to you and good will seem tiring and exhausting.
Nouman Ali Khan
If Satan has infiltrated your soul - wickedness will appear pleasing to you and beneficence will seem laborious and fatiguing.
13.
...morally speaking, there is no limit to the concern one must feel for the suffering of human beings, that indifference to evil is worse than evil itself, that in a free society, some are guilty, but all are responsible.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
14.
The press of Italy is free, freer than the press of any other country, so long as it supports the regime.
Benito Mussolini
The Italian media is independent, more autonomous than any other nation's press as long as it remains favorable to the government.
15.
You cannot run faster than a bullet.
Idi Amin
You cannot outpace a projectile.
16.
Silence in the face of evil is evil itself.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Inaction in the presence of injustice is unjust itself.
17.
Anxiety is the greatest evil that can befall a soul, except sin. God commands you to pray, but He forbids you to worry.
Saint Francis de Sales
Fretfulness is the most abhorrent affliction that can befall a spirit, apart from transgression. God exhorts you to pray, yet He disavows you to anguish.
18.
Small nations are like indecently dressed women. They tempt the evil-minded.
Julius Nyerere
'Tiny countries are like inappropriately attired women. They entice the wicked.'
19.
For this purpose was I born, let all virtuous people understand. I was born to advance righteousness, to emancipate the good, and to destroy all evil-doers root and branch.
Guru Gobind Singh
I was created to promote justice, liberate the righteous, and obliterate all wickedness completely.
20.
Judging others makes us blind, whereas love is illuminating. By judging others we blind ourselves to our own evil and to the grace which others are just as entitled to as we are.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Evaluating others obscures our sight, whereas adoration is illuminating. By analyzing others we obscure ourselves to our own wickedness and to the benevolence which all are just as qualified to receive as we are.
21.
People in their natural state are basically good. But this natural innocence,however, is corrupted by the evils of society.
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
People in their original form are fundamentally benevolent. Yet, this primordial virtue is distorted by the wickedness of civilisation.
22.
In America, with all of its evils and faults, you can still reach through the forest and see the sun. But we don't know yet whether that sun is rising or setting for our country.
Dick Gregory
In America, with all of its blemishes and imperfections, you can still make out the glimmer of hope. Yet we are yet to discover if that light is a dawn or a dusk for our nation.
23.
J. Edgar Hoover: When morals decline and good men do nothing, evil flourishes. A society unwilling to learn from past is doomed. We must never forget our history.
J. Edgar Hoover
When virtue diminishes and righteous individuals remain inactive, wickedness prospers. A people unwilling to reflect upon the past is fated for disaster. We must always remember our heritage.
24.
Nothing is easier than to denounce the evildoer; nothing is more difficult than to understand him.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
It is simpler to condemn the wrongdoer; far harder to comprehend them.
25.
But a lie is a lie, and in itself intrinsically evil, whether it be told with good or bad intents.
Immanuel Kant
An untruth is an untruth, and inherently wicked, regardless of whether it be uttered with good or bad motivations.
26.
Every man who has power is impelled to abuse it.
Baron de Montesquieu
Every individual with authority is inclined to exploit it.
27.
We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell.
Oscar Wilde
We are the creators of our own misery, and we manifest this world into a living nightmare.
28.
Men must be aggressive for what is right if government is to be saved from men who are aggressive for what is wrong.
Robert M. La Follette, Sr.
Men must be assertive for what is right if government is to be preserved from those who are hostile for what is wrong.
29.
Look at the evils of the world around you and protect yourself from them. Our teachers give all the wrong messages to our youth, since they take away the natural flare from the soul. Take it from me that all knowledge is useless until it is connected with your life, because the purpose of knowledge is nothing but to show you the splendors of yourself!
Muhammad Iqbal
30.
The greatest evils in the world will not be carried out by men with guns, but by men in suits sitting behind desks
C. S. Lewis
The worst atrocities in the world will not be committed by armed individuals, but by those occupying offices and boardrooms.
31.
Over and over again, people had to disobey lawful authority to follow the voice of their conscience. This obedience to God and disobedience to the State has, over and over again, happened throughout history. It is time again to cry out against our 'leaders,' to question (since it is not for us to say that they are evil) whether or not they are sane.
Dorothy Day
32.
A leading scholar of Basra visited Rabi'a al-Adawiyya while she was ill.
ting beside her pillow, the scholar spoke about how terrible the world was. In reply, Rabi`a told him:
"You love the world very dearly. If you did not love the world, you would not mention it so much. It is always the purchaser who first disparages what he wants to buy. If you were done with the world, you would not mention it either for good or evil. As it is, you keep mentioning it because, as the proverb says, whoever loves a thing mentions it frequently."
Rabia Basri
33.
Seek refuge in Mary because she is the city of refuge. We know that Moses set up three cities of refuge for anyone who inadvertently killed his neighbor. Now the Lord has established a refuge of mercy, Mary, even for those who deliberately commit evil. Mary provides shelter and strength for the sinner.
Anthony of Padua
34.
The greatest evil of American slavery was not involuntary servitude but rather the narrative of racial differences we created to legitimate slavery. Because we never dealt with that evil, I don't think slavery ended in 1865, it just evolved.
Bryan Stevenson
35.
When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.
Thomas Jefferson
36.
We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism.
Huey Newton
We must eradicate both racism and capitalism.
37.
Allow the purity of evil to guide you.
The Undertaker
Let the immaculate wickedness lead you.
38.
Let them hate me, so long as they fear me.
Caligula
'Let them despise me, as long as they revere me.'
39.
I am a sacrifice to the Guru, who has totally cured me of the fatal disease of egotism. Glorious and great are the virtues of the Guru, who has eradicated evil, and instructed me in virtue.
Guru Gobind Singh
I am a devoted offering to the Guru, who has completely relieved me of the deadly illness of pride. Praiseworthy and remarkable are the qualities of the Guru, who has dispelled wickedness and schooled me in righteousness.
40.
Republicans stand for raw, unbridled evil and greed and ignorance smothered in balloons and ribbons.
Frank Zappa
Republicans advocate for unchecked malevolence, avarice and obliviousness cloaked in festivity.
41.
This is the first lesson ye should learn: There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, it doesn't behoove any of us to speak evil of the rest of us. This is a universal law, and until one begins to make application of same, one may not go very far in spiritual or soul development.
Edgar Cayce
42.
The general consent of all that sect is that God (by his foreknowledge, counsel, and wisdom) has no assured election, neither yet any certain reprobation, but that every man may elect or reprobate himself by his own free will, which he has (say they) to do good or evil ... [All these things are] forged by their own brains, and polished by the finest of their wits, when yet in very deed they are but the rotten heresies of ... Pelagius, long ago confuted by Augustine.
John Knox
43.
Every man should view himself as equally balanced: half good and half evil. Likewise, he should see the entire world as half good and half evil.... With a single good deed he will tip the scales for himself, and for the entire world, to the side of good.
Maimonides
44.
A lie doesn't become truth, wrong doesn't become right and evil doesn't become good, just because it's accepted by a majority.
Rick Warren
'Misrepresentation does not acquire validity, wrongness does not become justified and malevolence does not become amiable simply because it is accepted by a multitude.'
45.
Being against evil doesn't make you good.
Ernest Hemingway
"Opposing wickedness does not automatically make one virtuous."
46.
I would rather be a little nobody, then to be a evil somebody.
Abraham Lincoln
I would rather be an insignificant nobody than a nefarious somebody.
47.
The opposite of good is not evil, the opposite of good is indifference.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
The antithesis of benevolence is not wickedness, the antithesis of benevolence is apathy.
48.
There is no evil to be faced that Christ does not face with us. There is no enemy that Christ has not already conquered. There is no cross to bear that Christ has not already borne for us, and does not now bear with us.
Pope John Paul II
49.
Who has forbidden women to engage in private and individual studies? Have they not a rational soul as men do?...I have this inclination to study and if it is evil I am not the one who formed me thus - I was born with it and with it I shall die.
Juana Inés de la Cruz
50.
Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
Jerry Garcia
Continually opting for the lesser of two wrongs is still settling for wrongdoing.