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"Love is basic for the very survival of mankind. I'm convinced that love is the only absolute ultimately; love is the highest good. He who loves has somehow discovered the meaning of ultimate reality. He who hates does not know God; he who hates has no knowledge of God. Love is the supreme unifying principle of life."
"Love cannot exorcise the gifts of hate. / Hate cannot exorcize what has no weight, / But laughter we can never over-rate."
"I'm not a Republican, but I have some conservative views on certain things. I'm not a Democrat, either. It's just very difficult that these people hate each other over a belief. I think it all comes down to ego and competitiveness."
"There are nine million people who see me in the ring and hate my guts. Most of them are white. That's okay. Just spell my name right."
"He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below."
"When I listen to 'Nevermind,' I hate the production, but there's something about it that almost makes me cry at times."
"America is the wealthiest nation on Earth, but its people are mainly poor, and poor Americans are urged to hate themselves."
"I hate pain, despite my ability to tolerate it beyond all known parameters, which is not necessarily a good thing."
"I've come within range of hate. Terrifying, its tremors, its dizzying obsessions. Hate's like a swordfish invisible in the water, knifing suddenly into sight with blood on its blade- clear water misleads you."
"There are two things panic patients hate to do. They hate to take medication - and they hate to go to doctors. They hate to come to grips."
"I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment."
"The only people who hate escapism are jailers."
"All victories breed, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal."
"When I had my sheep, I was happy, and I made those around me happy. People saw me coming and welcomed me, he thought. But now I'm sad and alone. I'm going to become bitter and distrustful of people because one person betrayed me. I'm going to hate those who have found their treasure because I never found mine. And I'm going to hold on to what little I have, because I'm too insignificant to conquer the world."
"I hate knowing about illness. Whenever I read a medical book, I immediately start to get all the symptoms."
"Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos."
"I grew up in a brick house. What's wrong with bricks? An Englishman took me aside and said, "You have to understand, all the bricklayers in England are Irish, and the English hate the Irish.""
"I hate it because of the monstrous injustice of slavery itself. I hate it because it deprives our republican example of its just influence in the world."
"Anger and hate against one we love steels our hearts, but contempt or pity leaves us silent and ashamed."
"Hell is in the here and now. So is Heaven. Quit worrying about hell or dreaming about heaven, as they are both present inside us this very moment. Every time we fall in love, we ascend to heaven. Every time we hate, envy, or fight someone, we tumble straight into the fires of hell."
