It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Love and good things are hard to attain, while hate and bad things are easy.
- In plain terms
- Good things take effort; bad things come easily.
- What can you take from it?
- Choose the hard path of love and goodness.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What good thing have you struggled to achieve?
- Why is hate so easy?
Another view
Some people find it easy to be good due to privilege or nature.
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