It is often said that mankind needs a faith if the world is to be improved. In fact, unless the faith is vigilantly and regularly checked by a sense of man's fallibility, it is likely to make the world worse. From Torquemada to Robespierre and Hitler the men who have made mankind suffer the most have been inspired to do so have been inspired to do so by a strong faith; so strong that it led them to think their crimes were acts of virtue necessary to help them achieve their aim, which was to build some sort of an ideal kingdom on earth.
Lady Kingsley, when you read this, do attempt to keep an open mind.___ will if you will,_ she retorted hotly.To her surprise, he chuckled. __ daresay neither of us will. It__ a pity, too, because if we could ever see our way clear to agreeing on a matter, we might accomplish a great deal of good in this world.__t infuriated her that he could pretend to care even one whit for these boys. __ow you__e confused me. I__ assumed that your reason for serving on so many charitable boards was to further your political aims. Yet all the time you were merely hoping to accomplish some __ood in this world._ How very astonishing.__ust that quickly, his amusement vanished. __hile I don__ pretend to be as morally superior as you and your late husband, my intentions are good, no matter what you make of them. It may shock you to learn that those of us with character flaws sometimes do as much good as those of you without.
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Lady Kingsley, when you read this, do attempt to keep an open mind.___ will if you will,_ she retorted hotly.To her surprise, he chuckled. __ daresay neither of us will. It__ a pity, too, because if we could ever see our way clear to agreeing on a matter, we might accomplish a great deal of good in this world.__t infuriated her that he could pretend to care even one whit for these boys. __ow you__e confused me. I__ assumed that your reason for serving on so many charitable boards was to further your political aims. Yet all the time you were merely hoping to accomplish some __ood in this world._ How very astonishing.__ust that quickly, his amusement vanished. __hile I don__ pretend to be as morally superior as you and your late husband, my intentions are good, no matter what you make of them. It may shock you to learn that those of us with character flaws sometimes do as much good as those of you without.
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Your intentions will be good. Without consideration and forethought, however, your actions could still be evil. That is the problem, of course, evil is always easy and resisting it is never so. Evil is relentless; and anyone, if they tire, if they are not vigilant, can fall prey to it.
Very well. He'd lighten up. As a matter of fact, he felt as light as the bubbly froth that flew from the lips of the waves. Whatever else his long, unprecedented life might have been, it had been fun. Fun! If others should find that appraisal shallow, frivolous, so be it. To him, it seemed now to largely have been some form of play. And he vowed that in the future he would strive to keep that sense of play more in mind, for he'd grown convinced that play--more than piety, more than charity or vigilance--was what allowed human beings to transcend evil.
Hell is paved with good intentions.
Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.