GEN567 In order to maintain man’s free will, God intentionally implanted in all human beings both the good inclination and the inclination to do evil.  But both tendencies are not equal within each person.  Left unchecked, the Torah seems to say that the evil inclination will win out every time. However, shouldn’t a person born with good tendencies be able to overcome his evil side and do kind acts?  The Talmud Sukkah 52a answers by saying that God made sure that the opposite is true: The more righteous a person is, the greater his or her evil inclination.  Therefore, it is even more difficult for naturally good people to actually do good things.  The Talmud continues and says that each day, the propensity for evil wins out most of the time. Therefore, it is quite understandable that even though people know what the right thing to do, actually doing it while battling the evil inclination is quite difficult.  AMJV 161