"It's way beyond ironic that a place called the Holy Land is the location of the fiercest, most deeply felt hatred in the world. And it makes for wonderful theater."
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"If one harbours anywhere in one's mind a nationalistic loyalty or hatred, certain facts, although in a sense known to be true, are inadmissible."
"A strange fanaticism fills our time: the fanatical hatred of morality, especially of Christian morality."
"Axiome: la haine du bourgeois est le commencement de la vertu. Axiom: Hatred of the bourgeois is the beginning of wisdom."
"A second way that oppressed people sometimes deal with oppression is to resort to physical violence and corroding hatred."
"Bacon's portraits are an interrogation on the limits of the self. Up to what degree of distortion does an individual still remain himself? To what degree of distortion does a beloved person still remain a beloved person? For how long does a cherished face growing remote through illness, through madness, through hatred, through death still remain recognizable? Where is the border beyond which a self ceases to be a self?"
"The response man has the greatest difficulty in tolerating is pity, especially when he warrants it. Hatred is a tonic, it makes one live, it inspires vengeance, but pity kills, it makes our weakness weaker."
"The human heart may find here and there a resting-place short of the highest height of affection, but we seldom stop in the steep, downward slope of hatred."
"Affection is important because it counters anger, hatred and suspicion that can prevent our minds from functioning clearly."
"Once your mind is calm and full of love, there is no room for hatred or fear. Others will trust you because of your open heart."
"To combat hatred directed toward a person, a Buddhist cultivates loving kindness toward that person."
"Ignorance is the source of hatred, and the way to get rid of ignorance is realization."
"The antidote to hatred in the heart, the source of violence, is tolerance."
"Hatred obscures all distinctions."
"He produced mainly three results: Hatred, Terror, Adoration."
"Hostility and hatred are no match for justice; they offer no pathway to peace."
"It's not appealing to deal with countries that express hatred towards us."
"I free myself from hatred through forgiveness and love."
"The Lord heareth the prayers of those who ask to put aside hatred. But he is deaf to those who would flee from love."
"He knew one of the women well, and had shared his universe with her. They had seen the same mountains, and the same trees, although each of them had seem them differently. She knew his weaknesses, his moments of hatred, of despair. Yet she was there at his side. They shared the same universe."