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It is no easy task to overcome the bitter legacy of injustices, hostility and mistrust left by the conflict. It can only be done by overcoming evil with good. -- Pope Francis
The good and the bad mix themselves so thoroughly in our thoughts, even in our aspirations, that we must look for excellence rather in overcoming evil than in freeing ourselves from its influence. -- Anthony Trollope
Then there is the way that was taught two thousand years ago - of overcoming evil with good, which is my way, the way Jesus taught. Never loose faith: God's way is bound to prevail in the end. -- Peace Pilgrim
We can overcome evil with greater good. -- Laura Bush
Evil can and is overcome every minute of every day. -- Rand Paul
Good courage in a bad affair is half of the evil overcome. -- Plautus
This is the way of peace: Overcome evil with good, falsehood with truth, and hatred with love. -- Peace Pilgrim
It is right noble to fight with wickedness and wrong; the mistake is in supposing that spiritual evil can be overcome by physical means. -- Lydia M. Child
It would be lovely if it was all Right vs. Wrong, Good overcomes Evil - I think most Americans, going about their daily lives, fool themselves into thinking that that's how our little world works, but it just isn't so. -- Lynn Flewelling
The evil influence of Satan would destroy any hope we have in overcoming our mistakes. He would have us feel that we are lost and that there is no hope. In contrast, Jesus reaches down to us to lift us up. -- James E. Faust
Everything doesn't happen for a reason, if by this we mean evil is a part of God's plan. But God does ensure that evil will not prevail and that light will always, ultimately, overcome the darkness. If we follow God's lead, our work is to push back the darkness. -- Adam Hamilton
I think there is a complicated side effect to overcoming evil in that we are forever changed by it. I think after we ingest some of the cruelty of the world, it takes years off of our lives, but it also gives us wisdom and a little grace, hopefully a sense of compassion. -- Adam Rapp
...love triumphs, at least in this life, not by eliminating evil once for all, but by resisting and overcoming it anew every day. -- Thomas Merton
God did not just overcome evil at the cross. He made evil serve the overcoming of evil. He made evil commit suicide in doing its worst evil. -- John Piper

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