Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.
—Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969) American Baptist Minister
Never in this world can hatred be stilled by hatred; it will be stilled only by non-hatred—this is the law of eternal.
—Buddhist Teaching
Thousands are hated, while none are loved without a real cause.
—Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801) Swiss Theologian, Poet
Resentments are burdens we don’t need to carry.
—Unknown
There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
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
We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
—Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–47) French Moralist, Essayist, Writer
To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet
I shall never permit myself to stoop so low as to hate any man.
—Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) African-American Educationist
It is human nature to hate him whom you have injured.
—Tacitus (56–117) Roman Orator, Historian
For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.
—The Dhammapada Buddhist Anthology of Verses
Reject hatred without hating.
—Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910) American Christian Science Religious Leader, Humanitarian, Writer
Hatred can be overcome only by love.
—Mohandas K. Gandhi (1869–1948) Indian Hindu Political leader
One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison.
—Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist
Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.
—Buddhist Teaching
Hate would destroy him who hated.
—Louis L’Amour (1908–88) American Novelist, Short-story Writer
Although you may spend your life killing, You will not exhaust all your foes. But if you quell your own anger, your real enemy will be slain.
—Nagarjuna (150–250) Indian Buddhist Monk-Philosopher
The passion of hatred is so durable and so inveterate, that the surest prognostic of death in a sick man is a wish for reconciliation.
—Jean de La Bruyere (1645–96) French Satiric Moralist, Author
Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
We hate some persons because we do not know them; and we will not know them because we hate them.
—Charles Caleb Colton (c.1780–1832) English Clergyman, Aphorist
If we miraculously became the people we hate, how lovable we would find ourselves.
—Unknown
Hate pollutes the mind.
—Unknown
Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.
—Richard Nixon (1913–94) American Head of State, Lawyer
Whom they have injured, they also hate.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
There is much pain that is quite noiseless; and vibrations that make human agonies are often a mere whisper in the roar of hurrying existence. There are glances of hatred that stab and raise no cry of murder; robberies that leave man or woman for ever beggared of peace and joy, yet kept secret by the sufferer—committed to no sound except that of low moans in the night, seen in no writing except that made on the face by the slow months of suppressed anguish and early morning tears. Many an inherited sorrow that has marred a life has been breathed into no human ear.
—George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) (1819–80) English Novelist
Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward’s revenge for being intimidated.
—Hosea Ballou (1771–1852) American Theologian
If the will remains in protest, it stays dependent on that which it is protesting against.
—Rollo May (1909–94) American Philosopher
From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
—Socrates (469BCE–399BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher