Most people are neither bad nor ill-intentioned

"Most people are neither bad nor ill-intentioned; many even
sincerely wish to be useful to others. But good feelings and good
intentions are not enough when it comes to really doing good.
Those who want to help others must begin by ridding themselves of
all the elements that conflict with the good they wish to
achieve.
In fact, good and evil are so intimately entangled in each
person that dark forces are often able to take advantage of their
good will. And while people are convinced they are being useful,
all sorts of elements contrary to the good get mixed up in what
they do, and those who should have benefited from their actions
end up as mere victims of them. This is why, every hour of every
day, you must try to work patiently at reducing those inner
states that can serve as magnets for negative forces. At the same
time, you must also work at intensifying those states that
attract heavenly currents to you. Once you have learned to stop
opening the door to dark forces, you will be truly capable of
helping others."

Omraam Mikhaël Aïvanhov