“It Is Hard For the Good To Suspect Evil, As It Is For The Bad To Suspect Good.” Cicero
I often reflect in variations of this. People always see things through very specific filters that they have created over the course of their lives.
The one who is envious suspects envious thoughts when someone complements them on a new car or new found wealth. They genuinely do not suspect that person has good thoughts about their good fortune.
I read the other day about Simon Cowell of American Idol not wanting his fellow judges to do well in their careers. His quote on it was (paraphrased) ‘nobody wants their co-workers to succeed, it’s against human nature’. There is a person whose filter makes him suspect others of thinking exactly like him. He does not suspect there are those who are positive and happy about their co-workers success.
