Quotes by category:Devil

In Haitian mythology there is the figure Ghede, who in West Africa, is Iku, whose role is to show "each man his devil." He's represented by a figure wearing a top hat and smoking a cigar. That's my gig.

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I am resolved that I will not through humility become the devil's attorney. I will endeavor to speak a good word for the truth.

Henry David Thoreau

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I can't stand still; I find it very difficult to sit around and do nothing. I've got to have projects on the go because the devil makes work for idle hands. I've got to be going forward all the time.

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Africa, amongst the continents, will teach it to you: that God and the Devil are one, the majesty coeternal, not two uncreated but one uncreated, and the Natives neither confounded the persons nor divided the substance.

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It did not last: the devil howling "Ho! Let Einstein be!" restore... by J. C. Squire

It did not last: the devil howling "Ho! Let Einstein be!" restored the status quo.

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Tomorrow is the devil's day, but today is God's. Satan does not care how spiritual your intentions are, or how holy your resolutions, if only they are determined to be done tomorrow.

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If I were the devil, one of my first aims would be to stop folk f... by J. I. Packer

If I were the devil, one of my first aims would be to stop folk from digging into the Bible.

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If I never spoke of hell, I should think I had kept back something that was profitable, and should look on myself as an accomplice of the devil.

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The devil is everywhere under the skin of things, searching for a... by J. M. Coetzee

The devil is everywhere under the skin of things, searching for a way into the light.

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Prayer is the surest remedy against the devil and besetting sins. by J. C. Ryle

Prayer is the surest remedy against the devil and besetting sins.

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Sin and the devil will always find helpers in our hearts. by J. C. Ryle

Sin and the devil will always find helpers in our hearts.

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If I were the devil I should broadcast doubts about the truths and relevance and good sense and straightforwardness of the Bible ... At all costs I should want to keep them from using their minds in a disciplined way to get the measure of its message.

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Considering what human beings do and have done to human beings (and to other living things as well) ... I can never imagine what the devil people think computers can add to the horrors.

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We must risk delight. We can do without pleasure, but not delight. Not enjoyment. We must have the stubbornness to accept our gladness in the ruthless furnace of this world. To make injustice the only measure of our attention is to praise the Devil.

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Let us never forget that our chief danger is from within. The world and the devil combined, cannot do us as much harm as our own hearts will, if we do not watch and pray.

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Black coffee’s a lot like whiskey, you know? All devil and no trimmin’s. Always liked my sins pure and take it as it comes.

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Everything you do in life, I don't care, good or bad - don't blame God, don't blame the devil, don't blame me, blame you. You control everything! The thoughts you think, the words you utter, the foods you eat, the exercise you do. Everything is controlled by you.

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Perfectionists are their own devils. by Jack Kirby

Perfectionists are their own devils.

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The faith that has not a sanctifying influence on the character is no better than the faith of devils.

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The devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better... by J. C. Ryle

The devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better for it.

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