REVENGE
Revenge is defined as something we
do in order to make somebody suffer because he has made us suffer.
It is a policy of tit for tat, an eye for an eye. It is also
known as wild justice. Law permits it through a fixed procedure but morality
does not. Religion, too, is not in favour of retaliation.
One of the cardinal virtues in religion is forgiveness. A
gentleman abstains from punishing his offender. He controls his anger and
decides to return good for evil, kindness for cruelty.
It is a simple piece of wisdom that fire does not extinguish fire.
For this you need water. To return good for evil is to give evil a chance to
become good. The evil-doer becomes conscious of his evil deed when he is
tolerated generously. He realizes his folly and decides to get back the love
and affection which he lost by causing suffering to any person whosoever.
Some of the great thoughts on avoiding revenge are :
“The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling
him who has injured us. ----Jane Porter, English novelist (1776-1850).
“He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which
otherwise would heal and do well. ----Francis Bacon, English essayist, scientist
and philosopher (1561-1626).
According to the American theologian J. M. Mason ( 1770-1829)
“A spirit of revenge is the very spirit of the devil; than which nothing makes a
man more like him, and nothing can be more opposite to the temper Christianity was
designed to promote. If your revenge be not satisfied, it will give you torment
now; if it be, it will give you greater hereafter. None is a greater
self-tormentor than a malicious and revengeful man, who turns the poison of his
own temper in upon himself. “
Finally, this quote: The best revenge is to be unlike him who
performed the injury.
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G.R.Kanwal
13th October 2024
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