Savitri
A Legend and a Symbol

Chapter 26Anger and Violence · Vindictiveness and Cruelty

Book 5. Part Two: Sadhana on the Level of the Vital · Section Three: Vital Defects

Vindictiveness, with or without a real cause for it, is even worse than anger because it is more cold and deliberate in its action and less of an impulse. One should be generous in nature and free from all rancour.

* You must get rid of it [cruelty]. Cruelty and falsehood are the two things that separate most from the Divine.