1,053 Quotes About Devil

God created the world, but it is the devil who keeps it going.

I remember confuting one of Westminster's favourite maxims, "better the devil you know than the devil you don't". In the annals of popular wisdom, this is one of the most cretinous sayings I have come across.

However much I have frequented the mystics, deep down I have always sided with the Devil; unable to equal him in power, I have tried to be worthy of him, at least, in insolence, acrimony, arbitrariness and caprice.

The devil can only destroy those who are already on their way to damnation.

Every remedy is a desperate remedy. Every cure is a miraculous cure. Curing a madman is not arguing with a philosopher; it is casting out a devil.

... even the devil works for God.

It's an opportunity. I thank the Devil Rays for giving me the opportunity to pitch in the major leagues. Now I have another opportunity with the Dodgers.

They must needs go whom the Devil drives.

The [concentration camps] were swarming with photographers and every new picture of horror served only to diminish the total effect. Now, for a short day, everyone will see what happened to those poor devils in those camps; tomorrow, very few will care what happens to them in the future.