Devil Quotes

Why should the Devil have all the good tunes? (Apocryphally attributed to Martin Luther.)

When the Devil quotes Scriptures, it’s not, really, to deceive, but simply that the masses are so ignorant of theology that somebody has to teach them the elementary texts before he can seduce them.

I often laugh at Satan, and there is nothing that makes him so angry as when I attack him to his face, and tell him that through God I am more than a match for him.

I decided the only explanation is that God and the Devil are very attentive to people at the summit. I don’t know if they stir much in the average man’s daily stew… but do you expect God or the Devil left Lenin and Hitler and Churchill alone? No. They bid for favors and exact revenge. […]

All gods and devils that have ever existed are within us.

Almost every night when I wake up the devil is there and wants to dispute with me. I have come to this conclusion: When the argument that the Christian is without the law and above the law doesn’t help, I instantly chase him away with a fart.

All that the Devil asks is acquiescence.

If the Bible is true the Devil exists. There is no escape from this. If the Devil does not exist the Bible is not true. There is no escape from this.

The best way to drive out the devil, if he will not yield to texts of Scripture, is to jeer and flout him, for he cannot bear scorn.

I was exposed to many religious arguments on the pierhead, and I came to the conclusion that “God” is just the word “good” with the “o” taken out, and “Devil” is the word “evil” with a “D” added. Really, all that people have done throughout history is to personify the two forces of Good and […]