Is seeking revenge right or wrong?

I don't believe in revenge. I think it's bad karma. People think that sometimes someone who did them wrong gets off free. But they never do. The world has a way of levelling things. I certainly wouldn't do anything that would end up with myself in jail or out of work just because someone hurt me. It's usually cutting off your nose to spite your face.

Revenge is a hard one for me. One of my personal sayings is that children aren't innocent, because I remember being one...and that means two things. For one, most kids were cruel little suckers, and secondly, I was one heck of a vengeful kid and no exception. I had a "Revenge Notebook" I kept in the top drawer of my desk. It was highly organized, and I kept it from the ages of 6 to 13. It listed what someone did to me, what I would do as revenge to them, and by what date it needed to be done by. The thing was, no matter how many times I got my revenge to the letter of what I'd planned in this notebook, it never made me feel better. Actually, by the "due date" of this revenge, I'd normally gotten to the point of not caring any longer what had been done to me, because everyone had moved on. As an adult, I don't really believe in getting revenge. My anti-revenge belief is the polar opposite of the belief of my childhood, but it stems from experience: revenge solves nothing. All the time spent planning my revenge as a child only stressed me out...the person I was planning against wasn't feeling any pain or stress from their act. They'd moved on, and I hadn't. Today, I really see "getting revenge" as stooping to the other person's level. For example, if someone says something untrue about me behind my back, doing the same thing as revenge is stooping to their level to become an equal with them. By squelching the rumors and continuing to be kind to both them and anyone else involving, I'm proving myself superior in the situation. I think most people are going to say revenge is good...and I don't blame them. Wanting to give someone pain or inconvenience when they've done just that to you is a natural, human feeling. But does it solve anything? Does it make you a better person? Does it help you learn or grow in experience or personality? ...no. Standing up for yourself is admirable, and something you should do when someone wrongs you; seeking revenge does absolutely nothing to progress the situation. Is it right or wrong? That's up to each individual to decide.

i think so, violence won't solve anything... of course it wouldn't matter much as well if you are able to take revenge right because i am sure getting even won't bring back the past, no it won't change anything at all. having so much hatred or anger in your heart could only destroy you as much as you can destroy the other person. right?

I don't think that revenge is really worth it. I think that it's a lot better to try and find the person and try to get to the bottom of it. I think that's the better way of doing it. I don't think that violence and/or revenge really solves anything.

For me yes the violence never solve in this government but if the government of God will rule no violence at all but before it is happened the Armageddon must come first.

Maybe in the heat of the moment, I could do something bad to someone that hurt me or hurt a relative of mine. But, if I have time to cool down, I probably would not seek for revenge, because revenge don't solve anything, only brings more problem.

I would never do the same thing back to someone who has hurt me. But I would do a 'revenge' by hoping to make them regret what they have done to me by becoming a better person. For example, I've had people who I had grievance against so I decided to work hard on my art and do some shows. I also showed them the shows I did so that they will see that I've moved on from what they've done to me.. but in reality I didn't because I was motivated to beat them in my terms. But I don't believe in karma.. life goes on whether you're hurt or not... so in the end the best revenge is to be happy.

I think seeking revenge is wrong in the sense that you don't do it for justice for whomever was the victim you just do it to get back at someone that done something to you or to someone else you cared about. \Our life is what we make of it and if we destroy it by acting out on revenge every time then it wouldn't be a life worth living most of the time.

I've actually tried having revenge but I just ended up being trapped in my schemes, so I never tried it ever again.. Aside from that, I also find revenge just making the problem bigger and bigger until a small piece of stone turns into a huge rock.. Nothing is really solved with revenge. look at gangs, they never really solved anything, instead they just killed even more for nonsense.so id rather stay away from revenge...

I don't beliene in taking revenge. I mean I don't like the idea of it and when people say something like "someday i'll make your life hell too!!" I'm like why waster your time and energy just to make someone feel bad?? I seriously don't like the idea of revenge. I forgive people very easily coz I can't be angry and not talking with someone for a long time. I might not forget some of the hurtful things people have done to m but I sure do forgive.

Hello Awinds, To say it revenge is not good is not right as there are some instances when revenge is essential for me but in most of the cases revenge is not good. Sometimes a person hurt you so much then in that case to teach him/her a lesson revenge is essential.

Seeking revenge is awfully not the best that you can do out of the situation. Though, how hard it seems to tell people who have been stepped and wronged. It is because by doing such, you're just only destroying your self. Just wait for the revenge of life do its action.

Revenge is not a good attitude. It never were. You can't get anything good out of revenge. The best thing to do is just stay away from the person who have caused you pain or any other things. War begets war. If you will have your vengeance to a person, he/she might fight back and the fight might just lead to violence and get worse. So, better stay away and leave everything to God. God will be the one who'll judge them in the end. :)

Revenge will never solve a problem. I am against getting or wanting to have revenge to someone who hurt us or did something wrong. I believe in the law of Karma. Whatever or however we are hurt by someone, hurting them back will never put the game in a draw. Hurting them back will just put us in the same bad position. Revenge will never give a fulfillment to the one who do it.

Seeking revenge is wrong but sometimes I don't think about what's right and what's wrong. I always accept that certain things are happening, like there are people who likes to play dirty. They like to bad-mouth you just to make his reputation look better and I treat it as normal. It's really helpful if you just accept things happening in your life because that way, you can be ready for anything that's about to come your way. It keeps you sharp.