It's the worst thing you'll ever do in your life, helping the people you love to something that in your heart you know is deeply wrong.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims that helping loved ones pursue known wrongdoings is a deeply regrettable action.
- In plain terms
- Helping people you love do something wrong is very hard to live with.
- What can you take from it?
- Complicity in the errors of loved ones causes lasting guilt.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Is loyalty to truth higher than loyalty to people?
- How do you say no to someone you love?
Another view
Love sometimes requires supporting flawed decisions.
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