Full Idea
One may transmit evil to a human being by flattering him or giving him comforts and pleasures; but most often men transmit evil to other men by doing them harm.
Gist of Idea
Evil is transmitted by comforts and pleasures, but mostly by doing harm to people
Source
Simone Weil (Human Personality [1943], p.94)
Book Reference
Weil,Simone: 'An Anthology' [Penguin 1986], p.94
A Reaction
Some people receive harm very passively, especially if it is normal. What of tough love, which is erroneously seen as harm?