Faustus, who embraced evil and shunned righteousness, became the foremost symbol of the misuse of free will, that sublime gift from God with its inherent opportunity to choose virtue and reject iniquity. “What shall a man gain if he has the whole world and lose his soul,” (Matt. 16: v. 26) - but for a notorious name, the ethereal shadow of a career, and a brief life of fleeting pleasure with no true peace? This was the blackest and most captivating tragedy of all, few could have remained indifferent to the growing intrigue of this individual who apparently shook hands with the devil and freely chose to descend to the molten, sulphuric chasm of Hell for all eternity for so little in exchange. It is a drama that continues to fascinate today as powerfully as when Faustus first disseminated his infamous card in the Heidelberg locale to the scandal of his generation. In fine, a life of good or evil, the hope of Heaven or the despair of Hell, Faustus stands as a reminder that the choice between these two absolutes also falls to us.
E.A. BucchianeriTags: free-will evil heaven hell good christian thought-provoking faust catholic good-and-evil goethe marlowe damnation faustus evil-men faust-legend faustian
... Faustus ... dared to confirm he had advanced beyond the level of a scarlet sinner — he was a conscious follower of the Prince of Darkness. The fact he could publicly project an Antichrist image with pride, having no fear of reprisal, and his seeming diabolical art of escaping all punishment when others who were considered heretics had burned at the stake for less, would certainly signal that an unnatural individual walked in their midst. It is true in many respects he assumed the role of the charlatan, yet how apropos, considering his willingness to follow his ‘brother-in-law’ known as the Father of Lies and deception.
E.A. BucchianeriTags: devil evil faust faustus evil-men faust-legend faustian evil-people antichrist
If I become like you, then how can I live with all the things I've done?” - X-10
Donna GalantiTags: evil-men
O [Roman] people be ashamed; be ashamed of your lives. Almost no cities are free of evil dens, are altogether free of impurities, except the cities in which the barbarians have begun to live...
Let nobody think otherwise, the vices of our bad lives have alone conquered us...
The Goths lie, but are chaste, the Franks lie, but are but are generous, the Saxons are savage in cruelty...but are admirable in chastity...what hope can there be [for the Romans] when the barbarians are more pure [than they]?"
-Salvian
Tags: evil shame sin vices vice sins sad-but-true ashamed romans barbarians evil-men impurity still-true-today impurities shame-of-society shameful evil-people evil-thoughts dual-meaning evils
No evil being was ever wise: they are all against every wise man's critics.
A GentlemenTags: inspirational philosophical anger wise evil-men evil-jinn
Evil people are those who knew they're evil, but refused to do anything about it.
Jawe QuerimitTags: wickedness evil-men wicked-people
Indifference to me, is the epitome of all evil.
Elie WieselTags: evil objectivism atlas-shrugged ayn-rand sociopathy psychopaths psychopathic-personalities psychopathology evil-men the-root-of-evil
But we had ceased to hate. Belsen had some way cured us of all hate, at least all hate of any human creature. We had learned what evil there is in the world or beyond the world, what happens to a man or a group of men-call them a nation if you will- when they have given themselves over to the powers of evil, when they have denied the Christ.
Robert CollisI'm of the opinion that many Christians are in deep denial about the reality of there being 'real' Evil in this world. Evil that cannot be reasoned with; is reprobate, incorrigible, determined, un-appeasable, violent, murderous, and unrelenting. I find this denial shocking in that the Bible clearly shows that in the end this battle is all about Good vs. Evil. This is a very real and present danger to the leaders and people of Israel. They know the truth and are not in any denial about it!!! It's harsh, yes! However, it is Real and a danger to those in Israel. This is not my first rodeo!!! Combat brings me no joy!!! But, God has His holy warriors who risk their lives so others can have the luxury to live in denial!!! Israeli's have no such luxury!!!
R. Alan WoodsTags: evil evil-men evil-spirits evil-people evil-thoughts evils r-alan-woods
Not all poison was bitter. Some of the deadliest poisons in the world tasted sweet; they were that much more dangerous because of it.
Nenia CampbellTags: danger poison evil-men evil-people
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