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The creativity and pathology of the human mind are, after all, two sides of the same medal coined in the evolutionary mint. The first is responsible for the splendour of our cathedrals, the second for the gargoyles that decorate them to remind us that the world is full of monsters, devils, and succubi.

The desert seems to be a brown wasteland of dry, prickly scrub whose only purpose is to serve as a setting for the majestic saguaros. Then, little by little, the plants of the desert begin to identify themselves: the porcupiny yucca, the beaver tail and prickly pear and barrel cacti, buckhorn and staghorn and devil's fingers, the tall, sky-reaching tendrils of the ocotillo.

The demons of the Devil don't use your weak weaknesses against you, they use your strong ones. If you're rational and logical, they argue their case rationally and logically. If you're loyal and faithful, they turn those against you. If you're passionate and emotional, they make you passionate and emotional about your worse fears. Your weak weaknesses are no use to them.... They find the strongest weaknesses you didn't know were yours and use those against you.

The cross of Christ only triumphs in the breast of believers over the devil and the flesh, sin and sinners, when their eyes are directed to the power of His Resurrection.

The devil and temptations also do give occasion unto us somewhat to learn and understand the Scriptures, by experience and practice. Without trials and temptations we should never understand anything thereof; no, not although we diligently read and heard the same.

The Devil, can sometimes do a very gentlemanly thing.

The devil divides the world between atheism and superstition.

The devil does not tempt people whom he finds suitably employed.

The devil doesn't fill us with hatred for God, but with forgetfulness of God.

The devil-ache of loneliness seldom deserts the bones of the angry.

The devil comes and soon my subconscious and conscious might start to brawl. As this cunning demon takes me as its voodoo doll.

The devil did not make me do it. I managed it all by myself.

The devil doesn't care how big your church is - he cares how influential it is.

The devil doesn't wear prada; I'm clearly in a -- white tee.

The devil finds work for idle hands.

The devil flees before the sound of music almost as much as before the Word of God.

The Devil has a great advantage against us inasmuch as he has a strong bastion and bulwark against us in our own flesh and blood.

The devil has been painted swarthy, cloven-footed, horned, and hideous. Do we expect to see him in that shape? O, surely it would be better for us, if he did come in that shape! The trouble is the devil never does come in that shape. He comes by chance, with unregistered signals, and in all sorts of counterfeit presentiments.

The Devil invented gambling.

The devil is always discovering something novel against the truth.

The devil is in constant conspiracy against a preacher who really prays, for it has been said that what a minister is in his prayer closet is what he is, no more, no less.

The devil may be bullied, but not the Deity.

The devil never seems so busy as where the saints are, which is another reason why I feel how difficult it would be to be religious.

The Devil never tempts us with more success than when he tempts us with a sight of our own good actions.

The devil only exists because of your belief in him; same goes for that other guy.

The devil's most devilish when respectable.

The devil's script sells you the heart of a blackbird.

The devil tempts that he may ruin; God tests that he may crown.

The devil abhors light and truth because these remove the ground of his working.

The devil doesn't need an advocate. The brave need supporters, not critics

The devil fools with the best laid plans.

The Devil has the broadest perspectives for God; therefore, he keeps so far away from God -- the Devil being the most ancient friend of wisdom

The devil is a better theologian than any of us and is a devil still.

The devil is but a whetstone to sharpen the faith and patience of the saints.-

The devil is merely a fallen angel, and when God lost Satan he lost one of his best lieutenants.

The devil is not afraid of a dust-covered Bible.

The devil is only a convenient myth invented by the real malefactors of our world.

The devil made you a slave. Your waitin' for the devil to come from the ground. Take a look around. Just look at the cross that the priest is holdin'. A beast, in sheep's clothin'. You are the prince of darkness. Hell born, demonic.

The devil considers all misplaced trust as devil worship, for he hides himself in its shadows.

the devil does not have a fork Brianna, he has a whip

The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl.

The devil fears hearts on fire with love of God.

The devil follows me day and night because he is afraid to be alone.

The devil has made it his business to monopolize on three elements: noise, hurry, crowds. He will not allow quietness.

The Devil craps on the big pile

The Devil deserves zero tolerance.

The Devil doesn't fear austerity but holy obedience.

The Devil fears the word of God, He can't bite it; it breaks his teeth.

The devil has convinced so many people that they are worthless. Each of us needs to stop and remember the cross-at the cross we will discover our true value-for it is here that we discover the price God was willing to pay for us, the depth of His love, and how much we are worth to Him.

The devil has more knowledge than any of us, and yet is no better for it.