Townhall - When Good People Do Bad Things
Good intentions cause most of the world's great evils.
If you really want good to prevail, the key is wisdom, not the heart.
"The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom" (Proverbs 9:10).
The quote below from Eliot seems to have truth in it too, but it is a lot more sinister about the human intention or rather no intention, just grandiosity of self.
"Half of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them" - T.S. Eliot, poet (1888-1965)
Which do you think is more true of the human condition?
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