“For individuals to feel justified in doing horrible things to other people, they must feel an unwavering certainty in their own righteousness, in their own beliefs and deservedness. ...Evil people never believe that they are evil, rather, they believe that everyone else is evil.”
Source: The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life
“Truda Hangnail was smiling, and it was not the sort of smile designed to make anyone feel happy.”
Source: The Bag of Bones
“Civilization is diaphanous: a dazzling display, beautiful, a brilliant golden orb of order and geometric precision. But just touch it lightly and see toward you what evil things crawl.”
Source: A Line Intersected
“This place had once been the seat of an evil older than mankind and wider than the known universe.”
Source: The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
“The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails fastened by the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd. And further, by these, my son, be admonished: of making many books there is no end; and much study is a weariness of the flesh. Let us hear the conclusion of the whole matter: Fear God, and keep his commandments: for this is the whole duty of man. For God shall bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil.
[ Ecclesiates 12:11-14 ]”
“Those who kill snakes get killed by snakes, said Chuchundra, more sorrowfully than ever.”
Source: The Jungle Book
“Whether it's racism, patriarchy, warmongering, greed, or child trafficking, it's counter to God's Kingdom. But the people caught in those systems are rarely the enemies; often they are just as caught, as longing for a rescue as the rest of us. We don't battle against flesh and blood, not really, but against the powers and principalities that hold us all captive.”
Source: Out of Sorts: Making Peace with an Evolving Faith
“This was the kind of woman she understood, a woman after her own cold heart.”
Source: The Robe of Skulls
“Kiddo—here's a problem. We've got witches, we've got Evil, we've got an orphan, and we've got a kidnapping. What's the deal?”
Source: The Bag of Bones
“Well, if you do sense evil, tell me. I shall be glad to know.”
Source: Nemesis