Robertson Davies Quotes

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

Pride is the master sin of the devil, and the devil is the father of lies.

Satan’s successes are the greatest when he appears with the name of God on his lips.

The Devil is fun.

When the devil wants to cause offense against the true doctrine and faith, he does not do so through insignificant people, who do not rate highly with the world, but through those who are the very best, the wisest, the holiest, and the most learned.

I often laugh at Satan, and there is nothing that makes him so angry as when I attack him to his face, and tell him that through God I am more than a match for him

Satan can make men dance upon the brink of hell as though they were on the verge of heaven.

God never tempts any man. That is Satan's business.

The small Satan left and the great Satan came.

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

We must remember that Satan has his miracles, too.

One seldom recognizes the devil when he is putting his hand on your shoulder.

There are two great forces, God's force of good and the devil's force of evil, and I believe Satan is alive and he is working, and he is working harder than ever, and we have many mysteries that we don't understand.

Beauty and the devil are the same thing.

Among the lying schemes of the devil is deluding the person who commits suicide into thinking that death will relieve him from his troubles.

The more sin is rationalized, the greater the possibility of destruction by Satan's wolves.

Anyone who tells you to deny yourself is from Satan.

Satan has an agenda.

I'm obsessed with 666 because the best way to fight your enemy is to know him, and of course my enemy is the devil, as it should be every sensible man's enemy.

When God makes a beautiful woman, the devil opens a new register.

Oh Satan you're a wily one.

The Devil is easy to identify. He appears when you're terribly tired and makes a very reasonable request which you know you shouldn't grant.

The devil makes many disciples by preaching against sin. He convinces them that the great evil of sin, induces a crisis of guilt by which “God is satisfied," and after that he lets them spend the rest of their lives meditating on the intense sinfulness and evident reprobation of other men.

Get thee behind me Satan, and push me along. I'm kin to the devil.

Never forget that the devil is there 24/7 too. He's very, very busy.