--- title: "Meaning & Key Takeaway of: It has been said that the sin of…" description: "\"It has been said that the sin of ingratitude is more serious than the sin of revenge. With revenge, we return evil for evil, but with ingratitude, we r..." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/w-eugene-hansen-111442_evil_it-has-been-said-that-the-sin-of-ingrati_995974.png" --- # It has been said that the sin of ingratitude is more… ![“It has been said that the sin of ingratitude is more serious than the sin of revenge. With revenge, we return evil for evil, but with ingratitude, we return evil for good.” quote by W. Eugene Hansen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/w-eugene-hansen-111442_evil_it-has-been-said-that-the-sin-of-ingrati_995974.png) [Download](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/w-eugene-hansen-111442_evil_it-has-been-said-that-the-sin-of-ingrati_995974.png) [Open image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/w-eugene-hansen-111442_evil_it-has-been-said-that-the-sin-of-ingrati_995974.png) > “It has been said that the sin of ingratitude is more serious than the sin of revenge. With revenge, we return evil for evil, but with ingratitude, we return evil for good.” W. Eugene Hansen ## About This Quote This interpretation was drafted with AI assistance. It is one reading of the quote, not the author's own explanation. Ingratitude returns kindness with evil, a deeper moral failing than revenge which merely reciprocates evil. **In simple terms:** Ingratitude is a worse sin than revenge. Key Takeaway Recognize and appreciate kindness. Themes morality gratitude sin justice human behavior Mood reflective serious Type philosophical ethical When to use this quote - personal relationships - leadership - community building - conflict resolution Key Concepts reciprocity ethical hierarchy oral psychology Questions to Reflect On - How does ingratitude affect relationships? - Can gratitude prevent cycles of harm? A Different Perspective Ingratitude may be hard to detect and address. ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet [Evil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil/) [Evil For Evil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil-for-evil/) [Gratitude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/gratitude/) [Ingratitude](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ingratitude/) [Revenge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/revenge/) [Sin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sin/) ## Related quotes > [Jesus perfected his life and became our Christ. Priceless blood of a god was shed, and he became our Savior; his perfected life was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/spencer-w-kimball/jesus-perfected-his-life-and-became-our-christ-priceless-blood-of-a/) [Spencer W. Kimball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/spencer-w-kimball/) > [Satan’s sin becomes the first sin of all humanity: the sin of ingratitude. Adam and Eve are, simply, painfully, ungrateful for what God gave.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/satan-s-sin-becomes-the-first-sin-of-all-humanity-the-sin-of-3/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [Satan's sin becomes the first sin of all humanity: the sin of ingratitude. Adam and Eve are, simply, painfully ungrateful for what God gave.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/satan-s-sin-becomes-the-first-sin-of-all-humanity-the-sin-of-2/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [I do not know of any, excepting the unpardonable sin, that is greater than the sin of ingratitude.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brigham-young/i-do-not-know-of-any-excepting-the-unpardonable-sin-that-is-greater/) [Brigham Young](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brigham-young/) > [“Satan's sin becomes the first sin of all humanity: the sin of ingratitude .”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ann-voskamp/satan-s-sin-becomes-the-first-sin-of-all-humanity-the-sin-of/) [Ann Voskamp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ann-voskamp/) > [“Proactive people show you what they love, what they want, what they purpose, and what they stand for. These people are very different from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-cloud/proactive-people-show-you-what-they-love-what-they-want-what-they/) [Henry Cloud](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-cloud/) > [Do not repay evil for evil or reviling for reviling, but on the contrary, bless, for to this you were called, that you may…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/1-peter-3-9/do-not-repay-evil-for-evil-or-reviling-for-reviling-but-on-the/) 1 Peter 3:9 > [Vincenzo is a delightfully-refreshing dark hero who repays evil for evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeon-yeo-been/vincenzo-is-a-delightfully-refreshing-dark-hero-who-repays-evil-for/) [Jeon Yeo-been](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeon-yeo-been/) > [Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everybody. If it is possible, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/do-not-repay-anyone-evil-for-evil-be-careful-to-do-what-is-right-in/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [Do not return evil for evil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shri-radhe-maa/do-not-return-evil-for-evil/) [Shri Radhe Maa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shri-radhe-maa/) > [“Be compassionate and humble, not paying back evil for evil or insult for insult but, on the contrary, giving a blessing. 1 Peter 3:8–9”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/beth-moore/be-compassionate-and-humble-not-paying-back-evil-for-evil-or-insult/) [Beth Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/beth-moore/) > [“The New Testament is ubiquitously clear: don’t retaliate with evil for evil; do good to those who hate you; embrace your enemy with a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/preston-sprinkle/the-new-testament-is-ubiquitously-clear-don-t-retaliate-with-evil-for/) [Preston Sprinkle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/preston-sprinkle/) > [Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aristotle/men-regard-it-as-their-right-to-return-evil-for-evil-and-if-they/) [Aristotle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aristotle/) > [“Loving, of enemies is another dogma of feigned morality, and has besides no meaning. It is incumbent on man, as a moralist, that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-paine/loving-of-enemies-is-another-dogma-of-feigned-morality-and-has/) [Thomas Paine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/thomas-paine/) > [“SOCRATES: For doing evil to another is the same as injuring him? CRITO: Very true. SOCRATES: Then we ought not to retaliate or render…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plato/socrates-for-doing-evil-to-another-is-the-same-as-injuring-him-crito/) [Plato](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plato/) ## More by W. Eugene Hansen > [Real joy and happiness come from living in such a way that our Heavenly Father will be pleased with us. ... One cannot break…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-hansen/real-joy-and-happiness-come-from-living-in-such-a-way-that-our/) W. Eugene Hansen Explore all 2 W. Eugene Hansen quotes ## More Evil quotes > [I've always been fascinated by the idea that there's no such thing as evil; it's all in your point of view. To one group…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eli-roth/i-ve-always-been-fascinated-by-the-idea-that-there-s-no-such-thing-as/) [Eli Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eli-roth/) > [If ever I did a man any goodof course it was something exceptional and insignificant compared with the good or evil which I am…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/if-ever-i-did-a-man-any-goodof-course-it-was-something-exceptional/) [Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/) > [Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/swami-vivekananda/every-action-that-helps-us-manifest-our-divine-nature-more-and-more/) [Swami Vivekananda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/swami-vivekananda/) > [I do conscientiously and sincerely believe that the Order of Freemasonry, if not the greatest, is one of the greatest moral and political evils…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-quincy-adams/i-do-conscientiously-and-sincerely-believe-that-the-order-of/) [John Quincy Adams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-quincy-adams/) > [The Republicans do not look on the Democrats as the evil empire.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-safire/the-republicans-do-not-look-on-the-democrats-as-the-evil-empire/) [William Safire](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-safire/) > [Let us remember that every worldview-not just Christianity's-must give an explanation or an answer for evil and suffering...this is not just a problem distinctive…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ravi-zacharias/let-us-remember-that-every-worldview-not-just-christianity-s-must/) [Ravi Zacharias](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ravi-zacharias/) > [What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/what-is-done-out-of-love-always-takes-place-beyond-good-and-evil/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) > [ Evil cannot be "treated" -- nor should it be. Evil has to \[be\] confronted and destroyed and it matters not why the evil is… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-o-reilly/evil-cannot-be-treated-nor-should-it-be-evil-has-to-be-confronted-and/) [Bill O'Reilly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-o-reilly/) > [The evil which does me no harm is like the good which in no wise avails me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leonardo-da-vinci/the-evil-which-does-me-no-harm-is-like-the-good-which-in-no-wise/) [Leonardo da Vinci](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leonardo-da-vinci/) > [Attack the evil that is within yourself, rather than attacking the evil that is in others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/attack-the-evil-that-is-within-yourself-rather-than-attacking-the/) [Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/) > [Somewhere somebody must have some sense. Men must see that force begets force, hate begets hate, toughness begets toughness. And it is all a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-luther-king-jr/somewhere-somebody-must-have-some-sense-men-must-see-that-force/) [Martin Luther King, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-luther-king-jr/) > [There is a spirit which I feel that delights to do no evil, nor to revenge any wrong, but delights to endure all things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-nayler/there-is-a-spirit-which-i-feel-that-delights-to-do-no-evil-nor-to/) James Nayler > [The politician attempts to remedy the evil by increasing the very thing that caused the evil in the first place: legal plunder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-bastiat/the-politician-attempts-to-remedy-the-evil-by-increasing-the-very/) [Frederic Bastiat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-bastiat/) > [“Water is so friendly when you have it on your palms, but so evil when they have you on theirs.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-f-moonzajer/water-is-so-friendly-when-you-have-it-on-your-palms-but-so-evil-when/) [M.F. Moonzajer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-f-moonzajer/) > [THE ART OF PEACE is not easy. It is a fight to the finish, the slaying of evil desires and all falsehood within. On…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/morihei-ueshiba/the-art-of-peace-is-not-easy-it-is-a-fight-to-the-finish-the-slaying/) [Morihei Ueshiba](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/morihei-ueshiba/) [Browse all 11,163 Evil quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/evil/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It has been said that the sin of ingratitude is more serious than the sin of revenge. With revenge, we return evil for evil, but with ingratitude, we return evil for good.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "W. Eugene Hansen" }, "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-hansen/it-has-been-said-that-the-sin-of-ingratitude-is-more-serious-than-the/", "about": { "@type": "Thing", "name": "Evil" }, "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-hansen/it-has-been-said-that-the-sin-of-ingratitude-is-more-serious-than-the/#quotation", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/w-eugene-hansen-111442_evil_it-has-been-said-that-the-sin-of-ingrati_995974.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/w-eugene-hansen-111442_evil_it-has-been-said-that-the-sin-of-ingrati_995974.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e60/w-eugene-hansen-111442_evil_it-has-been-said-that-the-sin-of-ingrati_995974.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It has been said that the sin of ingratitude is more serious than the sin of revenge. With revenge, we…” — W. Eugene Hansen", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } }, { "@type": "BreadcrumbList", "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "name": "Home", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "name": "Quotes", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "name": "W. Eugene Hansen", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-eugene-hansen/" }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "name": "It has been said that the...", "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-hansen/it-has-been-said-that-the-sin-of-ingratitude-is-more-serious-than-the/" } ], "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-eugene-hansen/it-has-been-said-that-the-sin-of-ingratitude-is-more-serious-than-the/#breadcrumb" }, { "@type": "WebSite", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "publisher": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } }, { "@type": "Organization", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization", "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/", "logo": { "@type": "ImageObject", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png", "width": 512, "height": 512 } } ] } ```