Charles Spurgeon Quotes

Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty.

To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another's breast is to become a principal in the mischief.

People can be so heartless and dirty.

A villain to me is someone who actively seeks to hurt someone or does things for his own gain.

Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad.

There's always someone out there being mean, but what upsets me is the spite. Why are you like that? Why are you so horrible?

All traditions are also full of meanness for the sake of meanness.

There are some who'd hardly lift a finger for kindness, but they would haul up a load of rock to dump on some soul they think's been too lucky.

He who seeks to imbitter innocent pleasure has a cancer in his heart.

Kindness is a rotten fruit that poisons anyone who partakes of it. Throw it in the face of your enemies and let it ruin them instead.

My definition of evil is unfriendliness.

I guess there's just a meanness in this world

Every day in the year there comes some malice into the world, and where it comes from is no good place.

I'll tell you one thing, it's a cruel, cruel world.

You were doing a sadistic little disservice to your country.

You ought to try being cruel to some people.

I want to hit him, step away and watch him hurt. I want his heart.

When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.

People can be really mean - they say the most vicious things.

… nature is not kind, or merciful, or loving

I'm fascinated by the capacity to be able to do harm. I struggle every day with the ability of people to do evil. Not just the big things - the petty things that people do in order to make someone feel small, when it's so easy to do, and it hurts so much.

I think there's a lot of catastrophe in this world and a lot of cruelty and a lot of carelessness.

It's fun to just be an awful human being.

Malicious lying is usually a matter of need, but often the cruelest things we say are the truth.

I wonder why people are so hateful sometimes. I just don't get it.