Billy Graham Quotes

The highest ensign that men ever met and embraced under, the Cross itself, had no meaning save an accidental extrinsic one.

The most obscene symbol in human history is the Cross; yet in its ugliness it remains the most eloquent testimony to human dignity.

The cross symbolizes a cosmic as well as historic truth. Love conquers the world, but its victory is not an easy one.

We do need to confront evil in this world, but we do need to work with the other nation.

We've seen violent responses to 'Satanic Verses.' We've seen violent responses to the cartoons depicting the Prophet Mohammed in an evil way.

The cross is the centre of all this in every respect.

These are people that don't want to protect the American people... [T]hey will do anything, spend all the time and resources they can, to avoid confronting evil.

Welcome, welcome, cross of Christ, if Christ be with it.

The Bible-banned, burned, beloved-is more widely read and more frequently attacked than any other book in history.

You think when Jesus comes back, he really wants to see a cross? That's like going up to Jackie Onassis with a rifle pendant on.

We do not attach any intrinsic value to the Cross; this would be sinful and idolatrous. Our veneration is referred to Him who died upon it.

Those who do not confront evil resent those who do.

A cross could be a shape for expressing something spacious; such as the coordinators of space. That could be called its first significance or its first relevance.

The meanest thing in the world is the devil.

You are the light of the world. You are an instrument of the Divine. You are the greatest miracle in the world. Life is graced by your presence.

Too often in time past, religion has brought forth criminal and shameful actions... How many evils has religion caused?

He's Black Council," I said. "Or maybe stupid," Ebenezar countered. I thought about it. "Not sure which is scarier." Ebenezar blinked at me, then snorted. "Stupid, Hoss. Every time. Only so many blackhearted villains in the world, and they only get uppity on occasion. Stupid's everywhere, every day.

There are monstrous changes taking place in the world, forces shaping a future whose face we do not know. Some of these forces seem evil to us, perhaps not in themselves but because their tendency is to eliminate other things we hold good.

Evil lives in a pit. If you want to fight it – you must climb down in the slime to do so.

Be thankful that your lot has fallen on times when, though there may be many evil tongues and exasperated spirits, there are none who have fire and fagot at command.

I think Easter is most profoundly about meaning, not mechanism.

The evil and suffering in this world are greater than any of us can comprehend. But evil and suffering are not ultimate. God is. Satan, the great lover of evil and suffering, is not sovereign. God is.

Evil cannot be "treated" -- nor should it be. Evil has to [be] confronted and destroyed and it matters not why the evil is in play. Society has no obligation to try to rehabilitate evil.

When I took up the cross I recognized it's meaning. The cross is something that you bear, and ultimately, that you die on.

Until we stop clinging to the concept of good and evil, the world will continue to manifest as friendly goddesses and harmful demons.