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"Jesus produced mainly three effects: hatred, terror, adoration. There was no trace of people expressing mild approval."
"Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love."
"Hatred doesn't just hurt the people being hated, it hurts the people housing the hatred"
"Hate the sin and not the sinner' is a precept which, though easy enough to understand, is rarely practiced, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world."
"The satyagrahi should not have any hatred in his heart against the opponent."
"Not even the King himself has the right to subordinate the interests of his country to his own feelings of love or hatred towards strangers; he is, however, responsible towards God and not to me if he does so, and therefore on this point I am silent."
"The method of trying to conquer hatred through hatred never succeeds in overcoming hatred. But, the method of overcoming hatred through non-hatred is eternally effective. That is why that method is described as eternal wisdom."
"Hatred is always self hatred, and there is something suicidal about it."
"Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate."
"What we are really lacking today is a real hatred of evil."
"Affliction hardens and discourages us because, like a red hot iron, it stamps the soul to its very depths with the scorn, the disgust, and even the self-hatred and sense of guilt that crime logically should produce but actually does not."
"The path of those who preach love, and not hatred, is not easy. They often have to wear a crown of thorns."
"Nothing brings people together more, than mutual hatred."
"We cannot help but believe that the old hatreds shall someday pass; that the lines of tribe shall soon dissolve; that as the world grows smaller, our common humanity shall reveal itself."
"Dogma demands authority, rather than intelligent thought, as the source of opinion; it requires persecution of heretics and hostility to unbelievers; it asks of its disciples that they should inhibit natural kindliness in favor of systematic hatred."
"Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures."
"I choose not to give energy to the emotions of revenge, hatred or the desire to subjugate."
"Hatred is never appeased by hatred in this world. By non-hatred alone is hatred appeased. This is a law eternal."
"I often help others discover the outer limits of their hatred. It’s a talent of mine."