Longer Road to Hell

One of sayings that makes absolutely no sense to me is “the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.” It sounds smart and I have used it; and then, I realize what a moronic statement it is. The statement is usually used to tell people to stop whatever well-intended things they are doing. The rationale behind it is that people mean well but often do unintentionally bad things. That sounds reasonable until you wonder what the alternative is. Do nothing at all? Do things with bad intentions? Neither seems superior to what is being warned against. Sure, when we do thing, sometimes we mess things up instead. But if we give up on good intentions, what do we have left? We are then just a bunch of depressives living in a mess of a world. We would truly be in Hell, no road needed. In fact, the statement has provided us with its own fallacy. The road not only leads us to hell but mark the distance between Hell and us. The longer the road is, the further away is hell. So why worry about the road to Hell? We want it as long as possible. We don’t want Hell on earth do we?