It is more natural, easier and wiser to repay evil with good than to repay evil with evil.
When they came to the place that is called “The Skull,” they crucified him there with the criminals, one on the right and the other on the left. Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.”
— Luke 23:33–34
No one had ever grown tired of doing good things for themselves. But the greatest good that a human being can do for himself is to act in accordance with his highest nature, and the highest, divine nature of your soul orders you to tirelessly do good for other people as the highest good for yourself.
— Marcus Aurelius
Repay evil with good.
— The Talmud
How do you take revenge on your enemy? By trying to do him as much good as possible.
— Epictetus
Conquer anger with humility, evil with goodness, a miser with generosity, a liar with the truth.
— The Dhammapada
By treating our neighbors the way they deserve to be treated, we only make them worse. But by treating them as though they are better than they really are, we compel them to improve.
— Goethe
By replying evil with good you will destroy in an evil person all the pleasure that he derives from evil.
Teach your heart instead of learning from it.
— Buddhist saying
The one who has experienced even once the joy of repaying evil with good will never miss an opportunity to feel this joy again.
