History Quotes / EvilCannotComprehendGood

-->'''[[FlavorText Spirit of the Daedra]]''', '''TheElderScrolls'''.

-->-- ''[[{{Ptitlefjcz80qe}} Dissidia: Final Fantasy]]''

-->-- ''OrderOfTheStick'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0069.html #69]]

->''And [[LightIsGood the light shineth]] in [[DarkIsEvil darkness]]; and [[OlderThanFeudalism the darkness comprehended it not]].''
--> -- ''' TheBible''', ''John 1:5''

->"Evil... has every advantage but one -- [[CreativeSterility it is inferior in imagination]]. Good can imagine the possibility of becoming evil... but Evil, defiantly chosen, can no longer imagine anything but [[{{Pride}} itself]]."\\
-- '''W.H. Auden''' on ''{{The Lord of the Rings}}''

->''"You have to think about what you're doing. Who and what made you who you are. Your role models. The beliefs they instilled in you. Think of how [[TheJoker the Joker]] could never understand that. It's what makes him who he is.'' '''''Think.'''''"

-> Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something? For more than your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom or truth, perhaps peace, could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson, vagaries of perception. Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose, and all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself, although - only a human mind could invent something as insipid as '''love'''. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now. You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson? '''Why? WHY DO YOU PERSIST?!'''

->'''Stan:''' It doesn't matter if you get in trouble of not, you can still feel bad. [to Kyle] I think you're right, Kyle. Maybe we should confess.
->'''Kenny:''' (Yeah, maybe we should.)
->'''Cartman:''' What?? Eh... [tries to be upbeat] hey you guys! There's nothing to feel bad about! We're, we're off scot-free!

->'''Cartman:''' [looks at the other boys in disbelief] For oth-er... [winces] Uh. Oww. ...Ih ...Ih, ih, is it that ...you think you might get in trouble later?
->'''Stan:''' Tomorrow in school we'll all tell the teacher it was us, and let her decide what to do. [points an accusing finger at Cartman] And Cartman, if you had any thread of a conscience at all, you'll do the same! [He, Kyle, and Kenny leave]

->Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.\\
-->--'''MarkTwain'''

->'''Elan:''' I saved you 'cause I'm the Good twin, not the Neutral twin.

-->--OrderOfTheStick [[http://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0069.html #69]]

->"Blind you are, [[GodOfEvil Morgoth Bauglir]], and blind shall ever be, seeing only [[DarkIsEvil the dark]]. You know not what rules the hearts of men, and if you knew you could not give it."
--> [[BadassNormal Hurin Thalion]], ''The Children of Hurin'' by JRRTolkien

-> '''Sephiroth''': Tell me what you cherish most. Give me the pleasure of taking it away.
-> '''Cloud''': I pity you. You just don't get it all. There's not a thing I don't cherish!
--> ''[[FinalFantasyVII Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children]]''

-->''AGirlAndHerFed'', p. [[http://www.agirlandherfed.com/comic/?664 664]].

->'''Cyber-Leader''' ''(watching from above as humans and Cybermen fight)'': I ordered surrender.

--> ''Series/DoctorWho'', ''Doomsday''

->''If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is [[ThePowerOfLove love]].''
--> Albus Dumbledore, ''HarryPotter''

->'''Kuja:''' (beaten) Then...I want you to erase me.

-> ''(Zidane closes the distance between them. Kuja chuckles, perhaps expecting Zidane to go through with it - but Zidane offers him his hand)''

->'''Kuja:''' It's likely that...I will hurt you again.

--> ''[[{{Ptitlefjcz80qe}} Dissidia: Final Fantasy]]''

->''Only you would regard love as a weakness.''
--> '''Goliath''' to '''Xanatos''', ''{{Gargoyles}}''

->'''Tao Ren:''' I can't answer that. But I know that if I were in their place...I'd do the same for them.
--> ''ShamanKing''

->''There are those who say that to comprehend evil is to become evil; but they are merely pretending to be wise. Rather it is evil which does not know love, and dares not imagine love, and cannot ever understand love without ceasing to be evil. And I suspect that you can imagine your way into the minds of Dark Wizards better than I ever could, while still knowing love yourself.''
-->--'''Dumbledore''', ''HarryPotterAndTheMethodsOfRationality''

->''It was a harrowing experience, but I don't hold a grudge. We should love our enemies. It makes them so damned mad.''
-->--'''[[StarTrekTNG Jean-Luc Picard]]''' [[http://twitter.com/#!/JeanLuc_Picard on his Twitter profile]]

->''You still don't get it, do you? Huh?! This ain't about your money, bro, your boy gave you up. That's right. And we ain't had to torture his ass neither!''
-->'''Omar Little''', ''TheWire''

-->--''DoctorSolarManOfTheAtom'' #6

->'''Plankton''': Forget about [the Chum Bucket], I just can't take so much kindness in one sitting! [-Need... hatred...-]
-->-- ''SpongeBobSquarePants'', Walking Small

->"[Supreme Chancellor Fey'lya] lives in a world where alliances shift by the moment. Borsk does what Borsk needs to do, at any given moment, to benefit Borsk. And he's so jaded by that political philosophy that he thinks everyone else plays by the same rules."

->''A moderately bad man knows he is not very good: a thoroughly bad man thinks he is all right. This is common sense, really. You understand sleep when you are awake, not while you are sleeping… Good people know about both good and evil: bad people do not know about either.''
-->-- CSLewis, ''Mere Christianity''

--> ''DoctorWho'', ''Doomsday''

->''And [[LightIsGood the light shineth]] in [[DarkIsEvil darkness]]; and the darkness comprehended it not.''

->"Evil... has every advantage but one -- [[CreativeSterility it is inferior in imagination]]. Good can imagine the possibility of becoming evil... but Evil, defiantly chosen, can no longer imagine anything but itself."\\

->'''En:''' How can this be?! Why sacrifice yourselves for each other? How can you believe in others like that? How? I can't accep it! I'll never believe...THAT SUCH A THING IS REAL!

->'''Zidane:''' Do I need a reason to help someone? Or is my help not good enough for you?

-> Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something? For more that your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom or truth, perhaps peace, could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson, vagaries of perception. Temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose, and all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself, although - only a human mind could invent something as insipid as '''love'''. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now. You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson? '''Why? WHY DO YOU PERSIST?!'''
-->-- ''Agent Smith'', ''TheMatrix Revolutions''

->'''Kyle:''' I still feel bad, Cartman

->'''Cartman:''' Bu... ...eh... Kyle, you don't seem to understand. We're we're not gonna get punished for this. Ever.

--'''MarkTwain'''

-->'''Omar Little, ''TheWire''

-> Why, Mr. Anderson? Why do you do it? Why get up? Why keep fighting? Do you believe you're fighting for something? For more that your survival? Can you tell me what it is? Do you even know? Is it freedom? Or truth? Perhaps peace? Yes? No? Could it be for love? Illusions, Mr. Anderson. Vagaries of perception. The temporary constructs of a feeble human intellect trying desperately to justify an existence that is without meaning or purpose. And all of them as artificial as the Matrix itself, although only a human mind could invent something as insipid as '''love'''. You must be able to see it, Mr. Anderson. You must know it by now. You can't win. It's pointless to keep fighting. Why, Mr. Anderson? '''Why? WHY DO YOU PERSIST?!'''

->'''Tenth Doctor''': They're not taking instructions. Don't you understand, you're on every street, you're in their homes, you've got their ''children''! Of course they're gonna FIGHT!

--'''Mark Twain'''

->"Blind you are, [[GodOfEvil Morgoth Bauglir]], and blind shall ever be, seeing only the dark. You know not what rules the hearts of men, and if you knew you could not give it."

-> '''Cloud''': I pity you. You just don't get it all. There's nothing I don't cherish!

->Why does it seem first off, that homosexual couples "appear" to be ''so happy?'' I mean they want this law overturned and to be able to marry so badly its kinda frightening....
->And also, why does it seem like their sin does not produce the same consequences as others? I mean murder often lands you in jail, drugs & alcohol....very obvious the consequences of abusing those....'''Why do they seem so darn happy?'''
->Why does it seem in essence that even though they will be judged "one day", aside from things that are damaging to normal relationships, they are basically ''getting away'' with living and behaving in this manner?
->--cocopea9052, [[http://www.fstdt.net/QuoteComment.aspx?QID=73976 Rapture Ready Forums]]