Do not resent evil. Overcome it with good, for resentment only separates you from the good that might have overcome the evil. The adversary will be forced to recognize the authority and power of good when he sees it penetrating him through your patience.

What he will see is pure love, for patience is its expression, and through it, he will experience the ultimate presence. The persecutor will feel persecuted, and you will not have laid a hand on him. He might feel like the person who has just told a bad joke—and nobody is laughing. 

The beauty of a patient, non-emotional response to pressure is that you gain power without ever having to do anything cruel to get it. The manipulator responds, while you remain calm and innocent.

You can watch the adversary sting himself to death, or see him surrender to the good and change his life for the better.

Even though you might have started out as the victim, isolated and con­trolled by a manipulator in possession of all the physical advantages, you can free yourself and take command of the situation simply by availing yourself of the true spirit of love.

You can prevail over your adversary in the same way that Moses prevailed over Pharaoh. 

"Give up resentment and you will no longer be under the system of hell on earth. You will have overcome it."

Therefore, my friend, seek humility rather than power. Hold fast to your faith in what you know in your heart to be right. Put what is good and just before any gain or physical advantage.

Then your non-response to the pressure of the tyrant, your calm patience, comes across as a pressure to him because he doesn’t know how to deal with it. He is used to pushing buttons and getting answers (like a microwave oven) and there you stand, with no buttons to push! 

What is the evidence that you have found this inner way? You just do not respond to any­thing at all with rage and anger. You win by not playing the game. If you are guilty of hav­ing played the power game in the past, stop it this instant.

Repent, and discover the power of patient love and forgiveness. Give up judg­ment and make what you know in your heart to be right the criterion for everything you do.

Let it be more important to you than any mate­rial advantage; more valuable than any mate­rial possession, more valuable than love or glory, whatever the source. 

Remember: The only way to win is not to play the game! Give up resentment and you will no longer be under the system of hell on earth. You will have overcome it.