Quotes about Evil

Free will, though it makes evil possible, also makes possible any love or goodness or joy worth having.

Love, having become a god, becomes a demon.

Love is the medicine of all moral evil. By it the world is to be cured of sin.

In the face of horror ... there is no other answer than the cross of Christ: Love that descends to the abyss of evil.

There is no evil that the father's love cannot pardon and cover, there is no sin that is a match for his grace.

We rant and rave against God for the evil we have to endure but hardly blink at the evil in our own hearts.

We underestimate God and we overestimate evil. We don't see what God is doing and conclude that he is doing nothing. We see everything that evil is doing and think it is in control of everyone.

I have no interest in eliminating the tension between justice and forgiveness by taking justice off the table. Given the subtleties of sin and the persistence of evil, we would soon be living in moral anarchy and political chaos if there were no provision for justice.

The devil does some of his best work behind stained glass.

This is the crisis we're in: God-light streamed into the world, but men and women everywhere ran for the darkness. They went for the darkness because they were not really interested in pleasing God. Everyone who makes a practice of doing evil, addicted to denial and illusion, hates God-light and won't come near it, fearing a painful exposure. But anyone working and living in truth and reality welcomes God-light so the work can be seen for the God-work it is.

So roll up your sleeves, put your mind in gear, be totally ready to receive the gift that's coming when Jesus arrives. Don't lazily slip back into those old grooves of evil, doing just what you feel like doing. You didn't know any better then; you do now. As obedient children, let yourselves be pulled into a way of life shaped by God's life, a life energetic and blazing with holiness. God said, "I am holy; you be holy.

The temptations that use the raw material of good for evil can continue unrecognized for a long time without awareness.