“We ought to cherish the body. Our body's substance is not from an evil principle, as the Manicheans imagine, but from God. And therefore, we ought to cherish the body by the friendship of love, by which we love God.” BodyEvilPrinciplesImagineOughtSubstanceGod LoveCherish Author:Thomas Aquinas
“The error of the ignorant goes so far as to say that God's power is insufficient, because he has given to this Universe the properties which they imagine cause these great evils, and which do not help all evil-disposed persons to obtain the evil which they seek, and to bring their evil souls to the aim of their desires, though these, as we have shown, are really without limit.” PersonsSoulHelpingDesireUniverseEvilGivenCausesImagineLimitsAimPropertyErrorsIgnorantInsufficient Book:The Guide for the Perplexed Source: The Guide for the Perplexed
“Let us put aside resolutely that great fright, tenderly and without malice, daring to be wrong in something important rather than right in some meticulous banality, fearing no evil while the mind is free to search, imagine, and conclude, inviting our countrymen to try other instruments than coercion and suppression in the effort to meet destiny with triumph, genially suspecting that no creed yet calendared in the annals of politics mirrors the doomful possibilities of infinity.” TryingMindImportantEvilEffortDestinyImaginePossibilityMirrorsInstrumentsTriumphInfinityDaringCreedsMaliceCoercionInvitingFrightSuppressionCountrymenBanalityMeticulous Author:Charles A. Beard
“In order to forgive reason for the evil it has wrought on the majority of men, we must imagine for ourselves what man would be without his reason. 'Tis a necessary evil.” MenReasonWould BeOrderEvilImagineMajorityForgivingNecessary Evil Book:The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort Source: The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort
“Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good.” EvilPoliticsImagineGood Against Evil Author:W. H. Auden
“The Bible indicates that for three days, Jesus went into the very depths of hell. Right into the enemy's own territory. And He did battle with Satan face to face. Can you imagine what a show down that was? It was good vs. evil. Right vs. wrong. Holiness vs. filth. Here are the two most powerful forces in the universe have come together to do battle for the first time in history. But thank God. The Bible says, "Satan was no match for our Champion". This was no contest.” FirstsTwoShowsTogetherFacesUniverseThreeEvilJesusForcePowerfulEnemyHellImagineBattleFirst TimeDepthChampionSatanHolinessMost PowerfulTerritoryThank GodContestsFace To FaceFilthGood Vs Evil Author:Joel Osteen
“Imagine a German as president of the European Commission. If he or she goes to some particular country and says do this or that, it won't be very well received. The president quickly ends up being the evil German. But if the president is elected by and controlled by 700 representatives from all EU countries, that legitimizes him or her in a very different way.” IfsWayWellsDifferentEndsCountryEvilPresidentImagineParticularDifferent WaysControlledRepresentatives Author:Martin Schulz