and the inverse

while the words of george eliot are beautiful and touching and i believe we could/should all strive to achieve their realization, we must also look at their inverse. not only should we add to the lives of people, we should also not subtract. not only should we add some good, we should not add any bad. and not only should we add a kindly thought, we should avert ourselves from adding a not-so-kindly one. that goal, perhaps, is a lot harder?