In the movie, The Usual Suspects, Kevin Spacey plays the character Verbal Kint. While talking to the police, he tells these lengthy, detailed stories. When talking about Keyser Soze, Verbal describes how dangerous Soze is and how nobody knew if the man was even real. He says you never knew who worked for Soze. Then he says, “The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world he didn’t exist.” This quote is remembered more from when it is said at the end, at the big reveal and twist of the story – which I don’t want to ruin for you if you haven’t seen the movie! He also says it at the beginning, which is linked below.
This idea about the Devil, though, originated in 1864. In an article that appeared in the Paris newspaper Le Figaro Charles Baudelaire said something similar.
While we all know that evil exists, when confronted with it, many of us are willing to turn a blind eye to it. We don’t want to get involved. And that is precisely why evil things continue to happen.
