“Becuse God loves us, but the devil takes an interest.”

“He who cannot hate the devil cannot love God.”

Joseph Goebbels (1897–1945) Nazi politician and Propaganda Minister

“God gives us life, but the world's landlord is the devil….”

Carlos Ruiz Zafón (1964) Spanish writer

“Money is neither my god nor my devil. It is a form of energy that tends to make us more of who we already are whether it’s greedy or loving.”

Dan Millman (1946) American self help writer

“God seeks comrades and claims love,
the Devil seeks slaves and claims obedience.”

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) Bengali polymath

“It's said that God is love, but I don't know if He hates the devil like humans do too.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“Quit, quit, for shame, this will not move:
This cannot take her.
If of herself she cannot love,
Nothing can make her:
The devil take her!”

John Suckling (1609–1642) English poet

“The day the devil asks for forgiveness is the day he ceases to be considered the wicked one. It's said that God loves to forgive.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“The devil may seem clever and cunning, but he is still a creature of God. Therefore, God must take all the credits, both good and bad. But that means nothing to Him.”

Mwanandeke Kindembo (1996) Congolese author

“The Devil doesn't make us do anything. The Devil, for example, doesn't make us mean. Rather, when we're mean, we make the Devil. Literally. Our actions create him. Conversely, when we behave with compassion, generosity, and grace, we create God in the world.”

Tom Robbins Fierce Invalids Home from Hot Climates