“This is a world in which each of us, knowing his limitations, knowing the evils of superficiality and the terrors of fatigue, will have to cling to what is close to him, to what he knows, to what he can do. . .” KnowsWorldEvilCan DoKnowingTerrorLimitationFatigueSuperficiality Book:Uncommon Sense Source: Uncommon Sense
“I desire to go through life knowing as little of evil in it as possible. To this end, I sometimes avoid looking too closely into the nature of things, studying them only so far as they seem to be good, and abandoning interest in them as soon as their darker feature begin to appear. The good only deserves a hearty interest.” LittlesEndsSometimesSeemsDesireEvilInterestKnowingStudyDeserveBe GoodFeaturesHearty Author:Christian Nestell Bovee
“The civilization, so often vaunted by the learned exponents of arts and sciences, will, if allowed to overleap the bounds of moderation, bring great evil upon men. Thus warneth you He Who is the All-Knowing. If carried to excess, civilization will prove as prolific a source of evil as it had been of goodness when kept within the restraints of moderation.” IfsMenArtEvilKnowingSourceCivilizationProveGoodnessBoundsExcessRestraintModerationArt And ScienceExponents Author:Bahá'u'lláh
“Fundamentally, however, there is neither good nor evil; this is all based on human concepts. In the universe there exists neither good nor evil, because everything has been created in accordance with immutable laws. the divine principles are reflected in these laws, and only through knowing these laws will we be able to get close to the divine.” HumansHas BeensAbleLawUniverseEvilPrinciplesKnowingDivineConcepts Author:Franz Bardon
“I sincerely believe that we not only have the right to know what is good and what is evil; we have the duty to acquire that knowledge if we hope to assume responsibility for our own lives and those of our children. Only by knowing the truth can we be set free.” IfsKnowsBelieveChildrenTruthEvilResponsibilityKnowingDutyOur ChildrenAssumingAcquireGood And EvilSincerelyKnowing The Truth Book:The Truth Will Set You Free: Overcoming Emotional Blindness and Finding Your True Adult Self Source: The Truth Will Set You Free: Overcoming Emotional Blindness and Finding Your True Adult Self
“I met too frankly preposterous, if it weren't for their banal evil, politicians and pastors who told knowing lies about the evils of homosexuality in order to attract bigger flocks to their churches and more votes and power to their corrupt councils. LGBT people seem to be being scapegoated more and more just as at the same time in more enlightened countries more and more freedom to express themselves, marry, be given official intersex status and so on is offered.” PeopleIfsCountrySeemsLyingOrderEvilGivenChurchKnowingPoliticianMetsVoteBiggerOfficialsEnlightenedLgbtHomosexualityPastorCouncilFlocksIntersex Author:Stephen Fry
“One reason why so many people are unhappy, not knowing why, is that they have burdened their minds with resentments. These evil thoughts pile right on top of happier and generous ones and smother them so that they never get expression. Resentments are a form of hate.... What a dearth of good will and co-operation there are among human beings and nations! What a world this would be if we all worked together, and as a popular diplomat recently expressed it-played together!” PeopleIfsWorldMindHumansReasonWould BeTogetherFormHateEvilNationsHuman BeingsKnowingExpressionEnvyUnhappyReason WhyOperationsGenerousResentmentNot KnowingGood WillDiplomatsEvil Thoughts Author:George Matthew Adams
“Both good and evil, when they are full grown, become retrospective...That is what mortals misunderstand. They say of some temporary suffering, 'No future bliss can make up for it,' not knowing that Heaven, once attained, will work backwards and turn even that agony into a glory. And of some sinful pleasure they say 'Let me but have this and I'll take the consequences': little dreaming how damnation will spread back and back into their past and contaminate the pleasure of the sin.” InspirationalLittlesDreamPastSufferingTurnsEvilHeavenReligiousSinPleasureKnowingGloryConsequenceLet MeSpreadMortalsBlissGood And EvilTemporaryNot KnowingAgonyBackwardsDamnationRetrospectiveGreat Divorce Author:C. S. Lewis
“Whoever is truly humbled — will not be easily angry, nor harsh or critical of others. He will be compassionate and tender to the infirmities of his fellow-sinners, knowing that if there is a difference — it is grace alone which has made it! He knows that he has the seeds of every evil in his own heart. And under all trials and afflictions — he will look to the hand of the Lord, and lay his mouth in the dust, acknowledging that he suffers much less than his iniquities have deserved.” IfsKnowsLooksHeartMadeHandsSufferingEvilDifferencesLordKnowingGraceMouthsFellowsAngryLaysCriticalSeedsTrialsDustMade ItSinnerCompassionateHarshAfflictionInfirmityIniquity Author:John Newton
“I think Cruella is evil, because she's the devil. But all the other characters, I was able to find a common humanity with them somewhere, knowing where they're most fragile, where they're most vulnerable, knowing some of the things that happened to them that might have formed this kind of behavior.” ThinkingKindCharacterMightAbleHumanityEvilCommonKnowingHappenedBehaviorDevilVulnerableFragileCommon Humanity Author:Glenn Close
“Think always: I am ever-pure, ever-knowing, and ever-free. How can I do anything evil? Can I ever be befooled like ordinary people with the insignificant charms of lust and wealth? Strengthen the mind with such thoughts. This will surely bring real good.” PeopleThinkingMindRealEvilWealthKnowingPureOrdinaryLustCharmInsignificantOrdinary People Author:Swami Vivekananda