#evil

You may either win your peace or buy it: win it, by resistance to evil; buy it, by compromise with evil. ↗

— John Ruskin

#compromise #either #evil #may #peace

Imaginary evils soon become real one by indulging our reflections on them. ↗

— John Ruskin

#evils #imaginary #indulging #our #real

We take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience... It is true, terrors of conscience cast us down; and yet without terrors of conscience we cannot be raised up again. ↗

— Samuel Rutherford

#cannot #cast #conscience #down #evil

Verily, we know not what an evil it is to indulge ourselves, and to make an idol of our will. ↗

— Samuel Rutherford

#idol #indulge #know #make #our

America has shown its evil intentions, and the proud Iraqi people cannot accept it. They must defend their rights by any means they see fit. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#america #any #cannot #defend #evil

Just because we're rid of Saddam and the evil Batthists doesn't mean the occupation is a good thing. Our salvation from Saddam was only with the grace of God. ↗

— Muqtada al Sadr

#because #evil #god #good #good thing

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means. ↗

— Sallust

#defeat #defeated #evil #good #good man

I have a controversial opinion about evil, because I don't believe evil exists. I believe that actions are dark and destructive but I don't believe evil is a thing. I believe it's a by-product of man's fear and desperation. ↗

— Victor Salva

#actions #because #believe #by-product #controversial

It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to. ↗

— George Santayana

#force #passion #revenge #sometimes #superior

The existence of any evil anywhere at any time absolutely ruins a total optimism. ↗

— George Santayana

#any #anywhere #evil #existence #optimism