“Conquer evil people by gentle kindness, and make zealous people wonder at your goodness. Put the lover of legality to shame by your compassion.” PeopleEvilCompassionWonderKindnessLoversGoodnessShameConquerGentleEvil PeopleZealousLegality Author:Isaac of Nineveh
“When it comes to judging individuals, I do not like remarks such as 'too good to be true.' They speak as though one is rewarding the nature of evil. Yet, ironically, we still wonder where all the good people have gone.” PeopleStillsEvilIndividualSpeakWonderGoneJudgingBeing TrueGood PeopleRemarksToo Good To Be TrueNature Of Evil Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“I've got evil in me as much as anyone, some desires that scare me. Even if I don't give in to them, just having them scares the living bejesus out of me sometimes. I'm no saint, the way you kid about. But I've always walked the line, walked that goddamned line. It's a mean mother of a line, straight and narrow, sharp as a razor, cuts right into you when you walk it long enough. You're always bleeding on that line, and sometimes you wonder why you don't just step off and walk in the cool grass.” IfsWayGivingMeanLongSometimesEnoughKidsMotherDesireEvilLinesWalksWonderStepsCuttingSaintGrassScareBleedingRazors Book:Dark Rivers of the Heart: A Novel Source: Dark Rivers of the Heart: A Novel
“I have been all men known to history, Wondering at the world and at time passing; I have seen evil, and the light blessing Innocent love under a spring sky.” MenWorldHas BeensLightEvilKnownWonderSkyBlessingSpringPassingInnocentPassingsTime PassingTime PassesInnocent Love Author:R. S. Thomas
“When this immediate evil power has been defeated, we shall not yet have won the long battle with the elemental barbarities. Another Hitler, it may be an invisible adversary, will attempt, again, and yet again, to destroy our frail civilization. Is it true, I wonder, that the only way to escape a war is to be in it? When one is a part of an actuality does the imagination find a release?” WayMayLongDoeHas BeensWarEvilImaginationWonderCivilizationBattleInvisibleReleaseDefeatedAdversariesFrailActualityElementalsBarbarity Author:Ellen Glasgow
“I cannot avoid wondering about the feelings of those who are now the apparent rulers of Iran. They are, despite their mistakes and the crimes which they have instigated, men of faith who claim to be sent by God. I hope they will eventually realize that the revolution which they believe they have brought about is not to the glory of God, but serves the forces of evil.” MenBelieveFeelingsEvilForceRealizingMistakeWonderCrimeRevolutionGloryClaimsDespiteIranRulersGlory Of God Author:Mohammed Reza Pahlavi
“The Ploughmen is part inspired fever-dream, part adventure story, a lyric parable of not just goodand evil but of the vast and beautiful and often lonely country in-between. Kim Zupan is a wonder.” CountryStoriesDreamBeautifulEvilWonderAdventureLonelyInspiredFeverKimParables Author:Rick Bass
“I thought cocaine was a fantastic drug. A wonder drug, like everybody else. It gave you [an] energy burst. You could stay awake for days on end, and it was just marvelous and I didn't think it was evil at all.” ThinkingEndsEvilEnergyWonderDrugFantasticAwakeMarvelousCocaine Author:George Jung
“People who hate what I make hate me, too. They must think I am a demon or some kind of evil sorcerer. Those who understand what I do appreciate the determination, love, and courage it takes to find wonder and beauty in people who are considered by society to be damaged, unclean, dysfunctional, or wretched.” PeopleThinkingKindHateEvilWonderDeterminationAppreciateDemonWretchedHate MeLove And Courage Book:Witkin Source: Witkin
“I couldn't get away with Halloween pranks 'cause my parents owned the health food store. So, it was so easy to bust me. I was the only kid on the block egging houses with those big 'ole brown eggs. Like, you didn't have to be a detective to figure it out. 'Oh, I wonder who Tofuttied my mailbox. Is it the same evil genius who filled my bird bath with Rice Dream?” DreamBigsKidsEvilHouseCausesEasyParentWonderFiguresLike YouGeniusBirdFilledStoresBlockBrownGet AwayEggsHalloweenBathsRiceDetectivesPranksHealth FoodMailboxesEvil Genius Author:Arj Barker