and i say again that there can be no middle ground , for from the eyes of utter cruelty , anything less than undiminished kindness is seen as having sprung from some underlyingly sinister motive ; on the other hand , from the perspective of those who have surrendered themselves to unabashed kindness , the loving innocence that pervades their thoughts transforms all but the most balefully malicious of atrocities to miscarried acts of goodwill .