Mary MacLane Quotes

It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.

People who cease to believe in God or goodness altogether still believe in the devil. I don't know why. No, I do indeed know why. Evil is always possible. And goodness is eternally difficult.

Evil changes everybody!

The devil's name is dullness.

Covetousness is both the beginning and the end of the devil's alphabet - the first vice in corrupt nature that moves, and the last which dies.

Every time I meet someone, they talk about 'Shaitan.'

"Are you a devil?" "I am a man," answered Father Brown gravely; "and therefore have all devils in my heart."

Devils soonest tempt, resembling spirits of light.

Where dance is, there is the devil.

The devil is an optimist if he thinks he can make people worse than they are.

When the devil is called the god of this world, it is not because he made it, but because we serve him with our worldliness.

You leave out God, and you substitute the devil.

Who isn't fascinated by evil?

Evil is whatever distracts.

Destroy the seed of evil, or it will grow up to your ruin.

Leisure is the handmaiden of the devil.

Personally, I prefer the dark side.

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

Money is the fruit of evil, as often as the root of it.

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

Very simply, our physical and spiritual safety lies in never even getting close to the line that separates light from dark, good from evil.

I find myself evil. I believe in the devil as much as God. You can use either one to get things done.

This devil loves mankind because men are going to always make the choice that will send him into ascendancy. He's been winning the game for a long time.

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

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