Misguided Kindness Quotes

But this is a true saying among men: the gifts of enemies are no gifts and profitless.

The Second Rule is that the greatest harm can result from the best intentions. It sounds a paradox, but kindness and good intentions can be an insidious path to destruction. Sometimes doing what seems right is wrong, and can cause harm. The only counter to it is knowledge, wisdom, forethought, and understanding the First Rule. Even then, that is not always enough.

Those who sentimentally indulge humanity do it no favours.

Oh my lovely princess,"Raoden whispered. "You probably mean well, but handing these people food is the worst thing you could do to them." -Brandon Sanderson(Elantris)

What the unpenetrating world call Humanity, is often no more than a weak mind pitying itself.

When a Benefit is wrongly conferred, the author of the Benefit may often be said to injure.

How many people have damaged their own lives by mistaking enablement for grace?

(P)eople’s good intentions can wind up putting us in boxes as confining as coffins.