Thich Nhat Hanh on Enemies

“Beware! Turn around and face your real enemies
— ambition, violence, hatred and greed.”

~ Thich Nhat Hanh

Confucius on Hatred

“If you hate a person, you are defeated by them.”

~ Confucius

Tacitus on Injuries

“It is a principle of nature to hate those whom you have injured.”

~ Tacitus

Kurt Vonnegut on Hatred

“There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, but no good reason ever to hate, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.”

~ Kurt Vonnegut

William Shakespeare on Hatred

“See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,
That heaven finds means to kill your joys with love.”

~ William Shakespeare