Charles Spurgeon Quotes

They do injury to the good who spares the bad.

It is always man's ideas which drive his actions. This has, at times, resulted in great evil; but as we look around us, we cannot doubt that it has resulted in greater good.

...guilt leads to righteous action, but rarely is it the right action.

Every act has both good and evil results. The best we can do is lean to the light.

Beings are owners of their actions, heirs of their actions; they originate from their actions, are bound to their actions, have their actions as their refuge. It is action that distinguishes beings as inferior and superior.

If I could, Sister James, I would certainly choose to live in innocence. But innocence can only be wisdom in a world without evil. Situations arise and we are confronted with wrongdoing and the need to act.

There comes a moment in every life when a choice must be made between right and wrong, between good and evil, between light and darkness. These decisions are made in an instant, but with repercussions that last a lifetime.

Does one deserve to have evil done to her by consequence of putting herself where evil can reach her?

The world is in greater peril from those who tolerate or encourage evil than from those who actually commit it.

As a calf follows its mother among a thousand cows, so the (good or bad) deeds of a man follow him.

Never accept the blame for what evil people do. We are all responsible for our own actions.

Genius does not excuse evil.

The greatest incitement to guilt is the hope of sinning with impunity.

God is the solitude of men. There was only me: I alone decided to commit Evil; alone, I invented Good. I am the one who cheated, I am the one who performed miracles, I am the one accusing myself today, I alone can absolve myself; me, the man.

After all, it's not where a man lands that marks his punishment. Its how far he falls.

My Dear Son... remember that you are accountable to your Maker for all your words and actions.

But you must not change one thing, one pebble, one grain of sand, until you know what good and evil will follow on that act. The world is in balance, in Equilibrium. A wizard's power of Changing and Summoning can shake the balance of the world. It is dangerous, that power...It must follow knowledge, and serve need.

But because their ancestors were men of righteousness, shall we consent to the abuses of their degenerate descendants? Because they did us a great good, would we be guilty if we prevented them from doing us evil?

You can’t reach good ends through evil means, because the means represent the seed and the end represents the tree.

... it is as true in morals as in physics that all force is imperishable; therefore the consequences of a human action never cease.

When one does another person an injustice, in some mysterious way it does one good to discover (or to persuade oneself) that the injured party has also behaved badly or unfairly in some little matter or other; it is always a relief to the conscience if one can apportion some measure of guilt to the person one has betrayed.

We must hold a man amenable to reason for the choice of his daily craft or profession. It is not an excuse any longer for his deeds that they are the custom of his trade. What business has he with an evil trade?

Not to punish evil is equivalent to authorizing it.

In life we pay for the evil that in life we do.

But they who are unconcerned about the consequences of their actions are not therefore unconcerned about their actions.