Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

Love, friendship, respect, do not unite people as much as a common hatred for something.

The opposite of love, I have found, is not hate, but indifference.

The opposite of love, I have found, is not hate, but indifference.

Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is aweapon that attacks the person read more

Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is aweapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. Andthe harms we do, we do to ourselves.

You know that when I hate you, it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges read more

You know that when I hate you, it is because I love you to a point of passion that unhinges my soul.

We've practiced loving long enough,
Let's come at last to hate.
[Ger., Wir haben lang genug geliebt,
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We've practiced loving long enough,
Let's come at last to hate.
[Ger., Wir haben lang genug geliebt,
Und wollen endlich hassen.]

High above hate I dwell,
O storms! farewell.

High above hate I dwell,
O storms! farewell.

He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.
[Fr., Qui vit hai de tous ne read more

He who is hated by all can not expect to live long.
[Fr., Qui vit hai de tous ne saurait longtemps vivre.]

For never can true reconcilement grow,
Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.

For never can true reconcilement grow,
Where wounds of deadly hate have pierced so deep.

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of
yourself. What isn't part of read more

If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is part of
yourself. What isn't part of ourselves doesn't disturb us.