Some pleasures are the effects of evil actions.
Since lying was necessary to bring about the pleasure, the pleasure is not good. The characteristics that one develops during self-realization can help individuals perform evil acts as well as acts good acts. The only thing that is completely good independent of its causes and effects is the intention to do what is right. Even if it should happen that, owing to special disfavour of fortune, or the niggardly provision of a step-motherly nature, this will should wholly lack power to accomplish its purpose, if with its greatest efforts it should yet achieve nothing, and there should remain only the good will . . . Do not steal.