SHAKESPEARE’S quotation. “There is nothing either
good or bad but thinking makes it so”. Implies that what we really call evil is
good in disguise. There is great wisdom in the words of Shakespeare. “There is
sonic soul of goodness in things evil. Could men observantly dis till it out” i
here d: but that the end of good is in evil and the end of all evils is good.
For we must remember that if want to be good. First we must believe that we are
had: and there is much truth in the statement that to the truly good man
nothing appears evil.
Man is free to choose good or evil. However, there
is no evil: it is our imperfect vision which sees evil where there is only good.
Ali is well with the world. It is not entirely bad, at the most it can be said
that the world is imperfectly good man has to realize the good or perfection:
to do so. He must have faith in himself as a free agent. And God who will
complete his endeavours, and in immortal life, to complete his task and perfect
himself, to overcome all evil in himself. This entire apart one thing is certain,
there is nothing either or bad and vice-versa, but thinking makes it so.
No man has ever progressed to greatness, but
through mistakes. There is curious mixture of good and bad in us. We cannot be
entirely good and completely bad also. If we are totally good, we are gods, and
if entirely bad then we become devils. We are. As such neither good no devils,
but simply human begins; therefore, what is good with us is bad to others, and
the position is bound to change. We may be as good as we please, if we please
to be good. To be good, we must be good, or it attaches itself not merely to
this life, it is greater and more than the life.
All that a man does is but the expression of his
inward thoughts. To work effectively, man must think nobly. Nothing is as
practical as our thoughts. Our views of life could our life; our viewed of God could
our soul; and clearer the thought and purer the soul, the more successful and
happier a life is ensured. Life is thought; to think is to live. Tolstoy spoke
the truth, “Men suffer from thinking, more than anything else.”
We must remember that good is a virtue, and bad is
a vice. In the ultimate conclusion, virtue survives and the vice perishes. Good
is that which is useful, whereas bad is that which is harmful. That what is beneficial
gives pleasure and brings profits, is good. Bad is that ‘.which is despicable.
In fact, good and bad is the source of inspiration of an action. The seed
determines the fruit. If the actions are good it is certain that the cannot he
inspired by the evil intentions and in the same on evil action can be the
result of good thoughts.
Bad is only bad and in itself is curse. We cannot
do evil to others without doing it to ourselves. There is nothing truly evils,
but what is within us. It is aptly remarked. “To be free from evil thoughts is
God’s best gift.”
No man is free from evil. In fact God alone is
good, and those alone have greater degree of goodness in them, who walk upon
that path shown by Him. Good is power, whereas bad is weakness of the human
character. Good is good in itself, and it cannot be the means to an end. A
person is said to be good because he has i diligently cultivated those
qualities and virtues, which have lasting value. Therefore good is intelligent
conduct which can be developed by the man only when he has comprehensive understanding
of the evil. What is good in one society, in one age, in one pattern of culture
may be bad in another. One man’s meat is another man’s poison. What is
considered good in Western society is beyond toleration in Palestine society. Hence,
there is nothing good or bad and vice-versa, but thinking makes it so.