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Problem of evil13 quotes
All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. — Voltaire · 1759If this is the best of possible worlds, what then are the others? — Voltaire · 1759What in me is dark
Illumine, what is low raise and support;
That to the height of this great Argument
I may assert Eternal Providence,
And justify the ways of God to men. — John Milton · 1667There is only one question which really matters: why do bad things happen to good people? — Harold S. Kushner · 1981If all evil were prevented, much good would be absent from the universe. A lion would cease to live, if there were no slaying of animals; and there would be no patience of martyrs if there were no tyrannical persecution. — St. Thomas Aquinas · 1265Wherefore not without cause has one of your own followers asked, "If God is, whence come evil things? If He is not, whence come good?" — Boethius · 523All 13 quotes →God2 quotes
I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world. — Georges Duhamel · 1937The book of nature tells us distinctly that God cares not a rap for us—nor for any living creature. — Mark Twain · 1898God and man2 quotes
A belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. — Joseph Conrad · 1911The book of nature tells us distinctly that God cares not a rap for us—nor for any living creature. — Mark Twain · 1898Alcohol1 quote
And malt does more than Milton can
To justify God's ways to man. — A.E. Housman · 1896Divine indifference1 quote
The book of nature tells us distinctly that God cares not a rap for us—nor for any living creature. — Mark Twain · 1898Existence of God1 quote
I have too much respect for the idea of God to make it responsible for such an absurd world. — Georges Duhamel · 1937Human nature1 quote
A belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. — Joseph Conrad · 1911Nature of the world1 quote
All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. — Voltaire · 1759The world1 quote
All is for the best in the best of all possible worlds. — Voltaire · 1759Theodicy1 quote
What in me is dark
Illumine, what is low raise and support;
That to the height of this great Argument
I may assert Eternal Providence,
And justify the ways of God to men. — John Milton · 1667