When our hatred is violent, it sinks us even beneath those we hate.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates it.
—Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–68) American Civil Rights Leader, Clergyman
You lose a lot of time, hating people.
—Marian Anderson (1897–1993) American Singer
Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hate. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.
—William Arthur Ward (1921–94) American Author
One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison.
—Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist
Antipathy, dissimilarity of views, hate, contempt, can accompany true love.
—August Strindberg (1849–1912) Swedish Playwright, Novelist, Essayist
Some men there are love not a gaping pig, some that are mad if they behold a cat, and others when the bagpipe sings I the nose cannot contain their urine.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Many can bear adversity, but few contempt.
—Common Proverb
You may have enemies whom you hate, but not enemies whom you despise. You must be proud of your enemy: then the success of your enemy shall be your success too.
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) German Philosopher, Scholar, Writer
Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.
—Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969) American Baptist Minister
End discrimination. Hate everybody.
—Unknown
Hatred is a boomerang which is sure to hit you harder than the one at whom you throw it.
—Unknown
I travel a lot; I hate having my life disrupted by routine.
—Caskie Stinnett (1911–98) American Travel Writer, Humorist
Fraud and deceit are ever in a hurry.—Take time for all things.—Great haste makes great waste.
—Benjamin Franklin (1706–90) American Political Leader, Inventor, Diplomat
Press no further with hate.
—Virgil (70–19 BCE) Roman Poet
Impotent hatred is the most horrible of all emotions; one should hate nobody whom one cannot destroy.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
He who surpasses or subdues mankind must look down on the hate of those below.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate.
—George William Russell (1867–1935) Irish Author, Poet, Editor, Critic, Painter
Hatred is a thing of the heart, contempt a thing of the head. Hatred and contempt are decidedly antagonistic towards one another and mutually exclusive. A great deal of hatred, indeed, has no other source than a compelled respect for the superior qualities of some other person; conversely, if you were to consider hating every miserable wretch you met you would have your work cut out: it is much easier to despise them one and all. True, genuine contempt, which is the obverse of true, genuine pride, stays hidden away in secret and lets no one suspect its existence: for if you let a person you despise notice the fact, you thereby reveal a certain respect for him, inasmuch as you want him to know how low you rate him
—Arthur Schopenhauer (1788–1860) German Philosopher
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
—Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) African-American Educationist
All men kill the thing they hate, too, unless, of course, it kills them first.
—James Thurber
Nothing is so good that somebody, somewhere will not hate it.
—Frederik Pohl (1919–2013) American Science-Fiction Writer
Oppose not rage while rage is in its force, but give it way a while and let it waste.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
Hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies.
—Honore de Balzac (1799–1850) French Novelist
There’s no possibility of being witty without a little ill-nature—the malice of a good thing is the barb that makes it stick.
—Richard Brinsley Sheridan (1751–1816) Irish-born British Playwright, Poet, Elected Rep
Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatred, the continuance of hatred turns malice.
—Francis Quarles (1592–1644) English Religious Poet
People hate as they love, unreasonably.
—William Makepeace Thackeray (1811–63) English Novelist
The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.
—Eldridge Cleaver (1935–98) American Author, Activist
Hatred is inveterate anger.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward’s revenge for being intimidated.
—Hosea Ballou (1771–1852) American Theologian