The Meek And Evil

Beati mansueti... Mansuetus enim neque irritat malum, neque irritatur a malo, neque adversus eum praevalet causa peccati, neque adversus alterum aliquando ex illo nascitur causa peccandi: sed magis contentus est injuriam pati, quam facere. Nam nisi contentus fuerit homo ut noceatur, numquam potest esse sine peccato: quia sicut et zizaniae numquam sunt minus in agro, sic non sunt minus irritatores in mundo. Ille est ergo vere mansuetus, qui cum nocitus fuerit, nec cogitat malum facere, nec facit. Opus Imperfectum in Matthaeum, Homilia IX Source: Migne PG 56.681

Blessed are the meek... 1 The meek man neither provokes evil nor is he provoked by it, nor does the cause of sin prevail over him, nor against another at any time is there born a cause of sin from him, but he is happier to suffer injury than to do it. For unless a man is happy that he might be harmed, never is it possible to be without sin. As there are never less weeds in the field, so they are not less vexations in the world. This, therefore, is the man who is truly meek, he who, when he shall have been harmed, does not think to do evil, nor does it. Opus Imperfectum on Matthew, from Homily 9 1 Mt 5.4