We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
—Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–47) French Moralist, Essayist, Writer
Reject hatred without hating.
—Mary Baker Eddy (1821–1910) American Christian Science Religious Leader, Humanitarian, Writer
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
To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.
—Alexander Pope (1688–1744) English Poet
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
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
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 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
Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.
—Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969) American Baptist Minister
If you hate your enemies, you will contract such a vicious habit of mind as by degrees will break out upon those who are your friends, or those who are indifferent to you.
—Plutarch (c.46–c.120 CE) Greek Biographer, Philosopher
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
It is human nature to hate him whom you have injured.
—Tacitus (56–117) Roman Orator, Historian
Malice and hatred are very fretting, and make our own minds sore and uneasy.
—John Tillotson
If the will remains in protest, it stays dependent on that which it is protesting against.
—Rollo May (1909–94) American Philosopher
You know that when I hate you, it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges my soul.
—Julie de Lespinasse (1732–76) French Salon Hostess, Writer
Hate pollutes the mind.
—Unknown
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
Some evils are cured by contempt.
—Common Proverb
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
Like fragile ice anger passes away in time.
—Ovid (Publius Ovidius Naso) (c.43 BCE–c.18 CE) Roman Poet
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Resentment seems to have been given us by nature for defense, and for defense only; it is the safeguard of justice, and the security of innocence.
—George Goodman (b.1930) American Economist, Author
There is no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, Writer
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
Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
Wisely and slow;—they stumble that run fast.
—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
Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
—William Congreve (1670–1729) English Playwright, Poet
Dislike what deserves it, but never hate, for that is of the nature of malice, which is applied to persons, not to things.
—William Penn (1644–1718) American Entrepreneur, Political leader, Philosopher
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward’s revenge for being intimidated.
—Hosea Ballou (1771–1852) American Theologian
If there is any person whom you dislike, that is the one of whom you should never speak.
—Richard Cecil
When our hatred is violent, it sinks us even beneath those we hate.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.
—Eric Hoffer (1902–83) American Philosopher, Author
Hate is not the opposite of love; apathy is.
—Rollo May (1909–94) American Philosopher
Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else’s body.
—Cesare Pavese (1908–50) Italian Novelist, Poet, Critic, Translator
If we miraculously became the people we hate, how lovable we would find ourselves.
—Unknown
Thousands are hated, while none are loved without a real cause.
—Johann Kaspar Lavater (1741–1801) Swiss Theologian, Poet
Many can bear adversity, but few contempt.
—Common Proverb
What do we live for, if it is not to make life less difficult for each other?
—George Eliot (Mary Anne Evans) (1819–80) English Novelist
It is a weakness of your human nature to hate those whom you have wronged.
—Tacitus (56–117) Roman Orator, Historian
Hatreds are the cinders of affection.
—Walter Raleigh (1552–1618) English Courtier, Navigator, Poet
There is no medicine to cure hatred.
—African Proverb
Press no further with hate.
—Virgil (70–19 BCE) Roman Poet
Hatred is the madness of the heart.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
Hatred of enemies is easier and more intense than love of friends. But from men who are more anxious to injure opponents than to benefit the world at large no great good is to be expected.
—Bertrand A. Russell (1872–1970) British Philosopher, Mathematician, Social Critic
The hatred of those who are most nearly connected is the most inveterate.
—Tacitus (56–117) Roman Orator, Historian
Malice drinks one-half of its own poison.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison.
—Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist
We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist