“Beware! Turn around and face your real enemies
— ambition, violence, hatred and greed.”
~ Thich Nhat Hanh
Seneca on Revenge
“The most contemptuous form of revenge is not to deem one’s adversary worth taking vengeance upon.”
~ Seneca
Tacitus on Injuries
“It is a principle of nature to hate those whom you have injured.”
Benjamin Franklin on Revenge
Neglect kills injuries, revenge increases them.
~ Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin on Enmity
Beware of meat twice boil’d, and an old foe reconcil’d.
~ Benjamin Franklin
The Dalai Lama on Enemies
“If you can cultivate the right attitude, your enemies are your best spiritual teachers because their presence provides you with the opportunity to enhance and develop tolerance, patience and understanding.”
~ Dalai Lama XIV
William Shakespeare on Enemies
“Here in these confines slily have I lurk’d,
To watch the waning of mine enemies”
~ William Shakespeare