For when once people have begun to believe that prosperity is the reward of virtue, their next calamity is obvious. If prosperity is regarded as the reward of virtue it will be regarded as the symptom of virtue. Men will leave off the heavy task of making good men successful. He will adopt the easier task of making out successful men good.
G.K. ChestertonTags: wealth good-and-evil virture
It is only when we see the worst that Man can offer, that we begin to see the best that Man still holds. If they are blinded by greed, then it’s time to pick up our virtual stones so we can start knocking sense into ‘em...
Faith BrashearTags: life liberty justice confidence life-lessons good-and-evil strength-of-character criminal-justice defrauded-nations
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: evil heaven hell good philosophical christian consequences choices faust catholic good-and-evil catholic-author heaven-and-hell faustus evil-men faust-legend faustian faustian-legend
So the difference between a criminal and a hero is the order in which their vile crimes are committed. And justice comes with a sell-by date. In that case, you’d better hurry. You wouldn't want your heroism to spoil.
Lois McMaster BujoldTags: justice hypocrisy heroism good-and-evil criminal crimes criminals sell-by-date
If 9 out of 10 grandmothers selected from 10 respective cultures can agree it is evil, then it's evil. Cut it out.
Lynda WilliamsTags: good-and-evil
A book is a private thing, citizen; it belongs to the one who writes it and to the one who reads it. Like the mind itself, a book is a private space. Within that space, anything is possible. The greatest evil and the greatest good.
Rikki DucornetTags: books censorship privacy good-and-evil intimacy de-sade
Evil cannot and will not be vanquished by evil. Dark will only swallow dark and deepen. The good and the light are the keenest weapons.
Nora RobertsTags: evil good-and-evil darkness-and-light
A rock is harder than a feather, you can talk and jabber and make exceptions, but in the end, if you have to choose which one is gonna hit you on the head, you'll choose the feather every single time.
Andrew KlavanTags: evil good wrong bad right good-and-evil black-and-white
On the one hand, if God is wiser than we His judgement must differ from ours on many things, and not least on good and evil. What seems to us good may therefore not be good in His eyes, and what seems to us evil may not be evil.
C.S. LewisTags: good-and-evil
Good and evil has no passport; it speaks in different tongues, wears many skins, and exists everywhere, even in the same person
Ahmed H. AlameenTags: life inspirational life-lessons good-and-evil
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