Wednesday, October 6, 2010

458 it's as if time really does pass by lot slowly as one ages

Evil is not the opposite of good.
for if were the opposite of good, it would be just as powerful as good.
but i do not believe it to be so.
instead, evil is the distortion of good.
a deviation, a slight corruption, a missed note.
a just-a-tad-lower than intended execution.

that is how evil works.
not by overpowering good, but by corrupting the song one note at a time.
changing a few notes so that the final piece will end up...
entirely different.
self-confidence into pride.
physical attraction into lust.
pleasure into indulgence.
respect into envy.
self-preservation into selfishness.
ambition into greed.

evil is not the opposite of good.
just a tainting of it.

(stolen mainly from Steven James, author of Sailing Between the Stars)

No comments: