What do these quotes say about the ethical condition of man?

Question

"Anyone who proposes to do good must not expect people to roll stones out of his way, but must accept his lot calmly if they even roll a few more upon it." This was a quote from Dr. Albert Schweitzer, a humanitarian and medical missionary to Africa who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1952.

"Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws." This is a quote from Plato, a Greek philosopher who lived over 350 years before Jesus.

Answer 1

The first quote means that doing right isn't easy and will, in fact, be more difficult, given that people often will try to prevent you from doing right, because it (often) causes them to feel guilty about their own lack of effort.

The second means all the laws in the world won't keep bad people from behaving badly, while truly good people don't need to know right from the law; it is intrinsic in their nature.

Hope this helps...

Answer 2

"you take the good, you take the bad"

if you want something good to happen, you gotta be patient.