Good people can't out-think evil, cause evil think of things good folks can't think of. Can't enter your head what evil do
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Evil can conceive tactics that good people cannot imagine or anticipate.
- In plain terms
- Good people cannot predict evil because evil thinks of things good minds reject.
- What can you take from it?
- Goodness limits your ability to foresee malicious creativity.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Are you vulnerable because you cannot imagine the worst?
- How do you prepare for something you cannot conceive?
Another view
Good people can learn to anticipate evil through experience.
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