Truth is the mother of hatred1.
Ausonius
Why is propaganda so much more successful when it stirs up hatred than when it tries to stir up friendly feeling?
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
Hatred does not cease in this world by hating, but by not hating; this is an eternal truth.
Buddha2 (563 BC - 483 BC), The Dhammapada
No hatred is so bitter as that of near relations.
Cornelius Tacitus (55 AD - 117 AD)
We must remember that any oppression, any injustice3, any hatred, is a wedge designed to attack our civilization.
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
Hatred is a very underestimated emotion.
Jim Morrison (1943 - 1971)
Any time and energy you spend hating and being angry at your ex will ultimately take a toll4 on you without effecting any positive changes in your ex or your relationship.
Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint5 Custody6 with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.
Lawana Blackwell, The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark, 1999
Hatred paralyzes life; love releases it. Hatred confuses life; love harmonizes it. Hatred darkens life; love illuminates7 it.
Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Where there is injury, pardon. Where there is doubt, faith.
Saint Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226)
The human heart is a strange vessel8. Love and hatred can exist side by side.
Scott Westerfeld, Peeps, 2005
Dangerous is wrath9 concealed10. Hatred proclaimed doth lose its chance of wreaking11 vengeance12.
Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
