I am kind, compassionate and cruel
I am just and unfair
I am quick and I am slow
I am known and unknown
I am friend and foe
Who am I?
I am kind, compassionate and cruel
I am just and unfair
I am quick and I am slow
I am known and unknown
I am friend and foe
Who am I?
I say the answer is
Death
I am kind, compassionate and cruel
For those who are suffering death can be compassionate. For others it can be cruel
I am just and unfair
Death can be seen as just for murderers and unfair for good people
I am quick and I am slow
Some people die suddenly while others suffer slow deaths
I am known and unknown
People see others die all the time but no one knows what happens after death
I am friend and foe
Death is a friend to those who are suffering but a foe to those who have a lot of life to live
Possible answer (very meta)
A riddle
I am just and unfair
When solving a riddle, everyone approaches the puzzle from a unique perspective based on individual background, this makes it inherently unfair as certain "thinking styles" or creative perspectives are more likely to succeed at riddles. The fact that this perspective-discrimination is essentially random makes it just.
I am quick and I am slow
Riddle solutions can be arrived at quickly or slowly
I am known and I am unknown
Some people know the answer (the person posing the riddle) and some people don't (the participants)
I am friend and foe
A friend can be judged by the net improvement he/she adds to your life. A riddle can be intellectually stimulating like a friend. Sometimes the quest to solve riddle can be all-consuming or overstimulating, resulting it having a negative impact (foe).
Are you
Thoughts
I am kind, compassionate and cruel
You can think kind, compassionate or cruel thoughts
I am just and unfair
Sometimes they are justified and sometimes you can unfairly judge someone
I am quick and I am slow
Your thoughts can be formed quickly or slowly
I am known and unknown
Sometimes you don't even know what your thinking about. Another take could be that no one know's what your thoughts on a subject are until you tell then. Then they will know your thoughts.
I am friend and foe
Your thoughts can lift and build you up: "I can do this!" Or they can bring you down with negativity: "I can't do anything right". This line made me think of the saying "you are your worst enemy".
My answer:
The internet.
I am kind, compassionate and cruel
I am just and unfair
People online can be kind, cruel, just in judgements, unfair in how they treat you.
I am quick and I am slow
High speed and low speed internet.
I am known and unknown
You have user names, but don't know their real identity.
I am friend and foe
People online can be your friend, or your enemy.
It could be
JUSTICE
As,
Justice is equivivocal to both the parties involved and hence can be appearing of opposite qualities at the same time.