Is it right to take revenge?

[letric]

With a foreword by Nelson Mandela who says that Mac

taught the underground that is must respect
rather than simply hate the enemy ... and remember
that the enemy was a clever fellow, not some stupid Boer.
... Hatred would kill you. Not the enemy.

A South African of Indian descent, Mac Maharaj played a
pivotal role in the liberation movement for nearly 40 years,
suffering brutal torture and 12 years imprisonment on Robens
island with Nelson Mandela. It was Maharaj who smuggled
out the manuscript of Mandela's autobiography ande later
re-entered South Africa to establish a political and military
underground on a mission so secdret that only those at the
highest level were even aware of its existence.

[letric]

The past is a rich resource on which we can
draw in order to make decisions for the future,
but it does not dictate our choices. We should
look back at the past and select what is good,
and leave behind what is bad.
The Struggle of My Life (1990)
Nelson Mandela

[letric]

The past is a rich resource on which we can
draw in order to make decisions for the future,
but it does not dictate our choices. We should
look back at the past and select what is good,
and leave behind what is bad.
The Struggle of My Life (1990)
Nelson Mandela

A brave man's wounds are seldom on his back.

[letric]

The Hebrew Bible describes a 'vengeful God' and prescribes 'an eyes for eye' while the New Testament
encourages forgiveness and reserves vengeance for a loving God. Modern social philosophy generally
rejects the very idea of revenge as irrational and always unjustified. But among those philosophers who
still defend the idea of *retribution (as opposed to deterrence and rehabilitation), the line between
revenge and retribution is not obvious. In fact, revenge is sometimes justified and often deliberative,
it is a much debated question to what extent revenge should be part of the purpose of punishment in
criminal law. Nor should revenge be viewed as simply a raw, unreasonable emotion. Revenge is a dish
says one ancient proverb, which is ' best served cold.

[letric]

The Hebrew Bible describes a 'vengeful God' and prescribes 'an eyes for eye' while the New Testament
encourages forgiveness and reserves vengeance for a loving God. Modern social philosophy generally
rejects the very idea of revenge as irrational and always unjustified. But among those philosophers who
still defend the idea of *retribution (as opposed to deterrence and rehabilitation), the line between
revenge and retribution is not obvious. In fact, revenge is sometimes justified and often deliberative,
it is a much debated question to what extent revenge should be part of the purpose of punishment in
criminal law. Nor should revenge be viewed as simply a raw, unreasonable emotion. Revenge is a dish
says one ancient proverb, which is ' best served cold.

Words ...can leave scars for a lifetime, and many people will never forget
some of the things said to them, both good things such as encouragement
and bad thing things such as criticism and rebuke.

[indie]

Why take revenge if you are a true god fairing person. Instead wish your enemies the best...Why take yourself to such a level? He that studieth revenge keepeth his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. John Milton

[straphanger]

an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind

[letric]

an eye for an eye makes the whole world blind

Do not get mad, get even.

[Lover]

Revenge? Do not sully your character by stooping to the person's level, leave it, what goes around comes around. Believe me it is true true saying!

[lexbarker]

They say the best revenge is SUCCESS

[letric]

He who cannot forgive breaks the bridge over which he himself must pass.

[letric]

Ask the spurned, rejected woman?

[letric]

Ask the spurned, rejected woman?

Her reply? Definitely ...

[letric]

Most of us fiend it difficult to be the victim of lies, deceit or infidelity in a relationship.
But we don't all want to take revenge in the same way. How would you respond if you'd
been betrayed?