"To be evil at all, Satan needs good things he can abuse, things like intelligence, power and will. Those good things come from God."

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Source : J. Budziszewski (2004). “How to Stay Christian in College”, Th1nk Books

J. Budziszewski

#Evil Quotes #Abuse Quotes #Needs Quotes

“I knew that this was what I wanted to talk about on stage. There was no point being coy about it, or pretending that I wasn't gay. That was the substance of my whole act. If you took that away, there would be nothing left”
“Universal violence compels the language to be mute . . . . Silence is not only a metaphor of Hemingway's work; it is also the source of its formal excellence, its integrity.”
“Even if you have a lot of work to do, if you think of it as wonderful, and if you feel it as wonderful, it will transform into the energy of joy and fire, instead of becoming a burden.”
“Only those who are being burned know what fire is like.”
“Any work of architecture that has with it some discussion, some polemic, I think is good. It shows that people are interested, people are involved.”
“Karen Handel has run a 100 percent negative campaign.”
“I'm just grateful I didn't have to spend my early 20s in front of paparazzi cameras.”
“In a way, literature is true than life,' he said to himself. 'On paper, you say exactly and completely what you feel. How easy it is to break things off on paper! You hate, you shout, you kill, you commit suicide; you carry things to the very end. And that's why it's false. But it's damned satisfying. In life, you're constantly denying yourself, and others are always contradicting you. On paper, I make time stand still and I impose my convictions on the whole world; they become the only reality.”

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