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“There's no such thing as good guys - there's only degrees of bad.”

Book:The Killing of Bruno Rossi - Old Country Part Two

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“[…] Evil appears quite different when seen from the point of view of eternity than when seen from within the kingdom of time. Up yonder one sees that it actually always serves Good in the long run. It is, so to speak, a contradiction in itself. It is constantly striving for power over Good, but without Good it could not exist – and if it ever achieved total power, it would have to destroy precisely that over which it desires to wield said power. That’s why it can last only as long as it is incomplete […]. If it were complete, it would cancel itself out. That’s why it has no place in eternity. Only Good is eternal, for it contains itself without contradiction.”

Evil Good Contradiction

Book:The Night of Wishes

Source: The Night of Wishes

“It was possible, I had realised, to resist evil but in doing so you acted alone. You stood or fell as an individual. You risked everything in the attempt: it might even be the case, I said, that evil could only be overturned by the absolute sacrifice of self. The problem was that nothing could give greater pleasure to your enemies.”

Evil

Book:Transit

Source: Transit

“[...] In a lot of ways, I guess Satan was the first superhero.” “Don’t you mean supervillain?” “Nah. Hero, for sure. Think about it. In his first adventure, he took the form of a snake to free two prisoners being held naked in a Third World jungle prison by an all-powerful megalomaniac. At the same time, he broadened their diet and introduced them to their own sexuality. Sounds kind of like a cross between Animal Man and Dr. Phil to me.”

God Religion Evil Hero Good Satan Villain Fairness

Book:Horns

Source: Horns

“Evil's something you can decide to do every day, and it gets easier every time. But the more good you bring into the world, maybe the more the rest of the world would look like this. Like paradise.”

Life Inspirational Evil Hope Positive Good Postive Thinking

Book:A Million Junes

Source: A Million Junes

“Driving someone to insanity is the devil's work.”

Evil Devil Insane Insanity Mental Gaslighting Evil Actions Devils Work

Book:Vocation of a Gadfly

Source: Vocation of a Gadfly

“In fact, all the evil you find around you is dwelt in your hearts and not in me". - Samael”

Evil Human Devil Mythology Demon Jewish Guardian Angel Samael

Book:The Guardian Angel

Source: The Guardian Angel

“Pain is not the ultimate mode of perfection. It is merely provisional and a protest. It has reference to wrong, unhealthy, unjust surroundings. When the wrong, and the disease, and the injustice are removed, it will have no further place. It will have done its work. It was a great work, but it is almost over. Its sphere lessens every day.”

Pain Evil Human Nature Injustice

Book:The Soul of Man under Socialism

Source: The Soul of Man under Socialism

“I had been thinking lately about evil, I went on, and was beginning to realize that it was not a product of will but of it's opposite, of surrender. It represented the relinquishing of effort, the abandonment of self-discipline in the face of desire. It was, in a way, a state of passion.”

Evil

Book:Transit

Source: Transit

“Evil loves to subvert all blame onto the innocent.”

Evil Blame Innocent Blame Game Blame Others Blame The Victim Evil Acts Evil Actions

Book:Vocation of a Gadfly

Source: Vocation of a Gadfly

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