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It is impossible for good or evil to last forever; and hence it follows that the evil having lasted so long, the good must be now nigh at hand.
— Miguel De Cervantes
I would not mind being a bit evil, for the larger good.
— Sumit Agarwal
That's the difference between Good and Evil, Clarissa,' the Evil Dean said softly. 'We know that love isn't always enough for a happy ending.
— Soman Chainani
Evil is a far more cunning and persevering propagandist than good, for it has no inward strength, and is driven to seek countenance and sympathy.
— James Russell Lowell
... if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. - Friedrich Nietzsche, Beyond Good and Evil
— Clive Barker
The power of fictitious writing, for good as well as for evil, is a thing which ought most seriously to be reflected upon.
— Harriet Beecher Stowe
People who have a reputation for being evil are usually good.
— Sebastian Horsley
I don't think that you have any insight whatsoever into your capacity for good until you have some well-developed insight into your capacity for evil.
— Jordan B. Peterson
We can not just live any how. There are consequences for every action, where evil or good.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
Justice for some people is an evil for others. Good intentions, kindness, and hope will not necessarily make people happy.
— Gen Urobuchi
The temptations that use the raw material of good for evil can continue unrecognized for a long time without awareness.
— Eugene H. Peterson
Democracy is not static. It is a living force. Every new idea, every new invention offers opportunity for both good and evil.
— Herbert Hoover
The more you see of evil, the more evil seems limitless. I guess the same goes for good, but I haven't seen as much of that.
— Danielle Paige
The old days are dead and gone days. For what I did in the past I have been punished. I have been cured.
— Anthony Burgess
The pride of man hopes but to blame God for the evils of the world, and to praise himself for the good.
— Criss Jami
The press has no better friend than I am, no one who is more ready to acknowledge ... its tremendous power for both good and evil.
— Abraham Lincoln
Is religion a force for good? The evidence of history and the evidence of current events cast doubt on the truism.
— James A. Haught
The greatest evils, are from within us; and from ourselves also we must look for the greatest good.
— Jeremy Taylor
Loki was not evil, although he was certainly not a force for good. Loki was . . . complicated.
— Neil Gaiman
Once to every person and nation come the moment to decide. In the conflict of truth with falsehood, for the good or evil side.
— James Russell Lowell
If we don't harness their potential for good, their societies will continue to reap their capacity for evil.
— Romeo Dallaire
Evil comes into our lives because we do not follow the laws set by God for our own good.
— Sunday Adelaja
Agatha wondered whether in this room of heroes young and old, Hester was the greatest hero of all.
— Soman Chainani
We asked for God's help; and now, in this shining outcome, in this magnificent triumph of good over evil, we should thank God.
— George H. W. Bush
I am justified. For I chose wisdom and the knowledge of good and evil ; and now there is no evil; and wisdom and good are one. It is enough.
— George Bernard Shaw
All that's required for the triumph of evil is for good people to do nothing.
— Richard Paul Evans
A man must stand up for what he believes in - especially in this culture war between good and evil.
— Ted Nugent
Whenever power is used for evil, it becomes diabolical; it must be used for good only.
— Swami Vivekananda
You like science? You enjoy science? Always use it for good, never for evil. Can you promise me that?
— David Letterman
Every home has its influences, for good or evil, upon humanity at large.
— Julia McNair Wright
At a certain depth of distress, the poor, in their stupor, groan no longer over evil, and are no longer thankful for good.
— Victor Hugo
It is as hard for the good to suspect evil, as it is for the bad to suspect good.
— Marcus Tullius Cicero
The Bible itself can be used for both good and evil. That doesn't mean it's flawed. It means that it is perfect.
— Northern Adams
It's shameful for a devil to be good.
— Ljupka Cvetanova
You cannot have power for good without having power for evil too. Even mother's milk nourishes murderers as well as heroes.
— George Bernard Shaw
As for Doing-good ... I have tried it fairly, and, strange as it may seem, am satisfied that it does not agree with my constitution.
— Henry David Thoreau
All that it takes for evil to triumph is for good men to do nothing
— Amanda Hocking
If you think of evil things, you are likely to do evil things and that will never pay you a pesewa. Think of good things and do good always!
— Israelmore Ayivor
The proper function of a government is to make it easy for the people to do good, and difficult for them to do evil.
— Daniel Webster
Poor God, how often He is blamed for all the suffering in theworld. It's like praising Satan for allowing all the good that happens. — E.A. Bucchianeri
27If you search for good, you will find favor; but if you search for evil, it will find you!
— Anonymous
You must recognize that the way to get the good out of your brother and your sister is not to return evil for evil.
— Louis Farrakhan
If you permit your thoughts to dwell on evil you yourself will become ugly. Look only for the good in everything so you absorb the quality of beauty.
— Paramahansa Yogananda
For evil news rides post, while good news baits.
— John Milton
If you have an enemy, do not requite him evil with good, for that would put him to shame. Rather prove that he did you some good.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Great for good, or great for evil.
— Robert Burns
For so sworn good or evil an oath may not be broken and it shall pursue oathkeeper and oathbreaker to the world's end.
— J.R.R. Tolkien
It is a power stronger than will. Could a stone escape from the laws of gravity? Impossible. Impossible, for evil to form an alliance with good.
— Comte De Lautreamont
Because we see only what we already know. We project our own capacities - for good as well as evil - onto the other person.
— Jan-Philipp Sendker
Language is an intrinsic part of who we are and what has, for good or evil, happened to us.
— Alice Walker
Ingratitude is a crime more despicable than revenge, which is only returning evil for evil, while ingratitude returns evil for good.
— William George Jordan
Love binds, and it binds forever. Good binds while evil unravels. Separation is another word for evil; it is also another word for deceit.
— Michel Houellebecq
We must substitute fear for faith, for fear is only inverted faith; it is faith in evil instead of good.
— Florence Scovel Shinn
Religion as a human phenomenon is as riddled through with potential for both good and evil as any other phenomenon.
— Richard John Neuhaus
My passion is for scientific truth. I don't much care about good and evil. ... I care about what's true.
— Richard Dawkins
Hate will destroy you. Let love be the basis of which you live your life.
— Lailah Gifty Akita
When prosperous the fool trembles for the evil that is to come; in adversity the philosopher smiles for the good that he has had.
— Ambrose Bierce
Why are we talking about this good and evil? They're just names for sides. We know that.
— Neil Gaiman
Many people make devices that can be used for good or evil. You cannot blame the blacksmith when the swords he crafts are used to kill.
— Lindsay Buroker
The competitive nation-state system, with all its capacity for good and evil, is spreading in the Third World and is transforming that world.
— Robert Gilpin
The boundary between good and evil are clearer for more common folks but gets blurred more and more as people get more power over their fellows.
— Bangambiki Habyarimana
17For l it is better to suffer for doing good, if that should be God's will, than for doing evil.
— Anonymous
For the greater good":the phrase that always precedes
the greatest evil. — Jakub Bozydar Wisniewski
Don't consider painful what's good for you.
— Deborah Harkness
For the good that I would: I do not, but the evil which I would not, I do.
— Matthew J. Hefti
A god cannot procure death for himself, even if he wished it, which, so numerous are the evils of life, has been granted to man as our chief good.
— Pliny The Elder
The ability of one to affect many is scaling exponentially - and it's scaling for good and it's scaling for evil.
— Marc Goodman
Everything good is the transmutation of something evil: every god has a devil for a father.
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Whatever else we may say of our own age, for good or evil, nobody is likely to call it an Age of Reason.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
You've got to use your celebrity for good stuff, not evil. I think it's lame when people act as if they're better than everyone!
— Rachel Bilson
Nothing is good for him for whom nothing is bad.
— Baltasar Gracian
It has been said that for evil men to accomplish their purpose it is only necessary that good men should do nothing.
— Charles F. Aked
Only a madman would give good for evil
— Euripides
Life is neither good or evil, but only a place for good and evil.
— Marcus Aurelius
It's no good choosing your first husband from a school for evil geniuses. Much too difficult to kill.
— Gail Carriger
How far the existence of the Academy has influenced French literature, either for good or for evil, is an extremely dubious question.
— Lytton Strachey
But if all of the evil in the world makes you think that there might be a devil, Chris, how do you account for all the good?
— William Peter Blatty
