Another has done me wrong? Let him see to it. He has his own tendencies, and his own affairs. What I have now is what the common nature has willed, and what I endeavor to accomplish now is what my nature wills. —Marcus Aurelius, MEDITATIONS, 5.25
- We all live our lives with our own perspective. A lot of the wrong we do to others is not intentional, at least not within our perspective. When someone does wrong to us, maybe she didn’t intend to hurt us. Or maybe she did. In any case, we shouldn’t give it too much thought. Feeling strongly about it is not rational, as we don’t have any control on what others can think or feel about us.
no man does evil knowingly, which also entails that no man does it willingly. (Location 235)