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“Sufis teach that we first must battle and destroy the evil within ourselves by shining upon it the good within, and then we learn to battle the evil in others by helping their higher selves gain control of their lower selves.”

Firsts Self Helping Evil Teach Higher Battle Gains Shining Sufi Higher Self Evil Within

Author:Feisal Abdul Rauf

“Sin is not confined to the evil things we do. It is the evil within us, the evil which we are.”

Evil Sin Confined Evil Things Evil Within

Author:Karl Barth

“Those who hope for purity and righteousness always try and destroy that which disturbs them. They think the disturbance comes from outside themselves. This is a serious problem. Wars, suicide bombings, and all sorts of other nasty things start from the premise that we can destroy 'evil' outside ourselves without dealing with the evil within.”

Thinking Trying War Problem Evil Hope Serious Suicide Purity Righteousness Nasty Premises Bombing Disturbance Evil Within

Book:Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate: A Trip through Death, Sex, Divorce, and Spiritual Celebrity in Search of the True Dharma

Source: Zen Wrapped in Karma Dipped in Chocolate: A Trip through Death, Sex, Divorce, and Spiritual Celebrity in Search of the True Dharma

“Separate religion from morality, and you have the true energy for evil within man, the terrible, cruel, devastating, and inhuman principle which naturally lies in his spirit. Here the division of the indivisible punishes itself most awfully.”

Men Spirit Lying Religion Evil Energy Principles Terrible Morality Division Inhuman Indivisible Evil Within

Author:Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

“There is good and evil within all of us, and I enjoy searching to bring that out through my music. I like it that there are questions brought out by my music. People must look inside themselves for the answers”

People Looks Evil Enjoy Answers Good And Evil Evil Within

Author:Marilyn Manson

“Bigotry or prejudice in any form is more than a problem; it is a deep-seated evil within our society.”

Problem Form Evil Prejudice Our Society Racist Bigotry Evil Within

Author:Judith Light

“The lack of money is the root of all evil.”

Source: The Devil's Race-track: Mark Twain's Great Dark Writings : the Best from Which was the Dream? and Fables of Man

“There is evil in all of us, and it is the mark of a man how he defies the evil within.”

Men Evil Mark Evil Within

Author:David Gemmell

“I am convinced that all our attempts to change the letter of the law and to reeducate people have been, and are, merely band-aid solutions for a fatal hemorrhage. The system will never change because our starting point is flawed. The secular view of man can neither give the grandeur that God alone can give, nor can it see the evil within the human heart that God alone can reveal and cure, for atheism implicitly denudes each individual of the grand image God has imprinted upon His creation.”

Source: Can Man Live Without God

“When we deny the EVIL within ourselves, we dehumanize ourselves, and we deprive ourselves not only of our own destiny but of any possibility of dealing with the EVIL of others.”

Evil Destiny Possibility Deny Evil Within

Author:J. Robert Oppenheimer

“Some people have the disease of criticising all the time. They forget the good about others and only mention their faults. They are like flies that avoid the good and pure places and land on the bad and wounds. This is because of the evil within the self and the spoiled nature.”

People Self Evil Forget Land Pure Disease Faults Wounds Spoiled Evil Within

Author:Ibn Taymiyyah