From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.
—Socrates (469BCE–399BCE) Ancient Greek Philosopher
It is human nature to hate him whom you have injured.
—Tacitus (56–117) Roman Orator, Historian
When our hatred is violent, it sinks us even beneath those we hate.
—Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613–80) French Writer
Hatred is the madness of the heart.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
What you do speaks so loudly that I cannot hear what you say.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Hatreds not vowed and concealed are to be feared more than those openly declared.
—Cicero (106BCE–43BCE) Roman Philosopher, Orator, Politician, Lawyer
We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.
—William Hazlitt (1778–1830) English Essayist
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 no faculty of the human soul so persistent and universal as that of hatred.
—Henry Ward Beecher (1813–87) American Clergyman, 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
Wisely and slow;—they stumble that run fast.
—William Shakespeare (1564–1616) British Playwright
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
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
Hatreds are the cinders of affection.
—Walter Raleigh (1552–1618) English Courtier, Navigator, Poet
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
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 medicine to cure hatred.
—African Proverb
Hatred is self-punishment. Hatred it the coward’s revenge for being intimidated.
—Hosea Ballou (1771–1852) American Theologian
The hatred of those who are most nearly connected is the most inveterate.
—Tacitus (56–117) Roman Orator, Historian
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
Hate would destroy him who hated.
—Louis L’Amour (1908–88) American Novelist, Short-story Writer
Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law.
—Buddhist Teaching
Whom they have injured, they also hate.
—Seneca the Younger (Lucius Annaeus Seneca) (c.4 BCE–65 CE) Roman Stoic Philosopher, Statesman, Tragedian
We are almost always guilty of the hate we encounter.
—Luc de Clapiers, marquis de Vauvenargues (1715–47) French Moralist, Essayist, Writer
I will permit no man to narrow and degrade my soul by making me hate him.
—Booker T. Washington (1856–1915) African-American Educationist
Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them.
—Thomas Browne (1605–82) English Author, Physician
Hate pollutes the mind.
—Unknown
One drop of hatred left in the cup of joy turns the most blissful draught into poison.
—Friedrich Schiller (1759–1805) German Poet, Dramatist
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
Bitterness imprisons life; love releases it.
—Harry Emerson Fosdick (1878–1969) American Baptist Minister