They will destroy the light in their own children and in all other beings subject to their power. Evil people hate the light because it reveals themselves to themselves. They will destroy the light, the goodness, the love in order to aviid the pain of such self-awareness. My second conclusion, then, is that evil is laziness carried to its ultimate, extraordinary extreme. As I have defined it, love is the antithesis of laziness.
Ordinary laziness is a passive failure to love.
Some ordinarily lazy people may not lift a finger to extend themselves unless they are compelled to do so. Truly evil people, on the other hand, actively rather than passively avoid extending themselves. They will take any action in their power to protect their own laziness, to preserve the integrity of their sick self. Rather than nurturing others, they will actually destroy others in thes cause. If necessary, they will even kill to escape the pain of their own spiritual growth.