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“The lesser of two evils was still evil.”
“the greatest evil perpetrated is the evil committed by nobodies, that is, by human beings who refuse to be persons”
“If God were to remove all evil from our world (but somehow leave human beings on the planet), it would mean that the essence of 'humanness' would be destroyed. We would become robots.Let me explain...”
“We need to laugh at the irrationality of evil, for in doing so we deny evil's power over us, diminish its influence in the world, and tarnish the allure it has for some people.”
“Only when holiness and worship meet can evil be conquered. For that, only the Christian message has the answer.”
“[M]an cannot be wicked without being evil, nor evil without being degraded, nor degraded without being punished, nor punished without being guilty. In short there is nothing so intrinsically plaus...”
“Everything about this is embarrassing" she said. "D'you know how embarrassing it is to mention good and evil in a scientific laboratory? Have you any idea? One of the reasons I became a scientist w...”
“The fatal error of much science fiction has been to subscribe to an optimism based on the idea that revolution, or a new gimmick, or a bunch of strong men, or an invasion of aliens, or the conquest...”
“Why didn't you tell me that evil could be so lighthearted?”
“It is not easy to explain why God permits evil; but it is impossible for an atheist to explain the existence of goodness. How could a spiritless, soul-less, cross-less, Godless universe become the ...”
“God could learn a little about love and morality from us. If theres anyone who needs redemption, its God.”
“Twill be the end of us all when it comes...The moon will devour the sun...The sea will rise in a great wave and drown the world...The Realms will fall...Evil will crawl across the land.”
“Given his personality, Id say exorcism makes perfect sense as a favored pastime.”
“Procrastination is the kidnapper of souls, and the recruiting-officer of Hell.”
“Monsters dont exist. Its men you should be afraid of, not monsters.”
“It's our greed to extract more and more from good that turns it into evil.”
“What is forgotten, however, is that many times the Good we create leads to Evil that will destroy us.”
“It's not evil, Rand. I know something evil when I smell it. This isn't evil, it's just incredibly stupid.”
“Three kinds of people get talked about: The fascinating, the freaks and the nefarious.”
“If we could only learn to look on evil as evil, whether it's clothed in filth or monotony or magnificence.”
