The temptation to moralize is strong; it is emotionally satisfying to have enemies rather than problems, to seek out culprits rather than flaws in the system. God knows it is emotionally satisfying to be righteous with that righteousness that nourish
The temptation to moralize is strong; it is emotionally satisfying to have enemies rather than problems, to seek out culprits rather than flaws in the system. God knows it is emotionally satisfying to be righteous with that righteousness that nourishes itself on the blood of sinners. But God also knows that what is emotionally satisfying can be spiritually devastating.
 ââWilliam Sloane Coffin
Those who hate you donât win unless you hate them back; and then you destroy yourself.
ââRichard M. Nixon
Hating people is like burning down your own house to get rid of a rat.
ââHarry Emerson Fosdick
Once upon a time a man whose ax was missing suspected his neighborâs son. The boy walked like a thief, looked like a thief, and spoke like a thief. But the man found his ax while digging in the valley, and the next time he saw his neighborâs son, the boy walked, looked, and spoke like any other child.
 ââLao-tzu
To hate and to fear is to be psychologically ill⦠it is, in fact, the consuming illness of our time.
 ââH.A. Overstreet
People that hate cats will come back as mice in their next life.
ââFaith Resnick
Any kiddies in school can love like a fool, but hating, my boy, is an art.
 ââOgden Nash
I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.
ââJames Baldwin
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
 ââCarl Jung
If you hate a person, you hate something in him that is a part of yourself. What isnât part of ourselves doesnât disturb us.
ââHerman Hesse
We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
ââJonathan Swift
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