Charles Baudelaire Quotes

I liked the concept of 'Lucifer.'

The figure of Satan and the fires of hell have been demythologized by modern Christian biblical scholars, theologians and philosophers.

Satan tries to counterfeit the work of God, and by doing this, he may deceive many. To make us lose hope, feel miserable like himself, and believe that we are beyond forgiveness, Satan might even misuse words from the scriptures that emphasize the justice of God in order to imply that there is no mercy.

Satan, really, is the romantic youth of Jesus re-appearing for a moment.

Satan, the leader or dictator of devils, is the opposite, not of God, but of Michael.

An apology for the devil: it must be remembered that we have heard one side of the case. God has written all the books.

The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still.

I don't give the devil credit for creating nothing.

I'd read 'Paradise Lost' as an undergrad at university but remembered little about it. No, not true: I remembered few details, but carried with me with the persuasive arguments and pitiable dilemma of its arguable protagonist, Satan.

As for the Devil - that is somebody our religion tried to do without for a long time.

The New Testament Scriptures are full of references to the malice of the devil, but we generally overlook them. I think this is because our idea of salvation is that Christ died on the cross to pay His Father the debt for our sins.

Connected with the fall of Satan is his lameness. The devil is represented in art and in legion as limping on one foot; this was occasioned by his having broken his leg in his fall.

But who prays for Satan? Who, in eighteen centuries, has had the common humanity to pray for the one sinner that needed it most?

God's love-eye does not see essentially into the wicked rebellious apostate soul; neither also into the devil, but his anger-eye sees thereinto; that is, God, according to the property of the anger or fire of wrath, sees in the devil, and in the false soul.

If you can prove to me that one miracle took place, I will believe he is a just God who damned us all because a woman ate an apple.

It was necessary that the Devil should have a representation upon the earth as well as God.

To those who do not love God, all things must work together immediately for pain and torment, until, by means of the tribulation, they are led to salvation at last.

We are all culpable in the death of Christ. My sins, your sins put Him on that cross.

The whole concept of the devil is a metaphor on one level.

Those who play with the devil's toys will be brought by degrees to wield his sword.

I've never thought about it before, but I suppose bad people might need someone to pray to, too.

The story of Noah, like other stories in the first 11 chapters of Genesis, are archetypal. Noah's story tells us that human beings have an inherent tendency towards violence both towards their fellow human beings and towards the creation itself. The story tells us that this violence grieves God.

I challenged God. I said, 'God, I know that I'm a sinner. I know that I won't probably have peace until You're in my heart. But I will not let You in my heart until You answer me, why? Why did you take my arms and legs? Why didn't You give me what everybody else has? God, until You answer me that question, I will not serve You.'

I call Christianity the one great curse, the one enormous and innermost perversion, the one great instinct of revenge, for which no means are too venomous, too underhand, too underground and too petty - I call it the one immortal blemish of mankind.

The Jewish Satan