The good heart, now it can think of things that evil can't imagine, cause it has no heart
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- A good heart can imagine compassion that evil cannot conceive because evil lacks empathy.
- In plain terms
- Good people think of kindness evil cannot imagine since evil has no heart.
- What can you take from it?
- Evil is limited by its inability to feel or imagine care.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What can you imagine that evil cannot?
- Does having a heart make you stronger or weaker?
Another view
Evil can sometimes mimic empathy to deceive others.
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