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

— Unknown Source

Hatred corrodes the container it’s carried in.

— Chinese proverb

A man who takes away another man’s freedom is a prisoner of hatred; he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow-mindedness.

— Nelson Mandela, South African anti-apartheid revolutionary who served as President of South Africa, 1918-2013

I feel fairly certain that my hatred harms me more than the people whom I hate.

— Max Frisch, Swiss architect, playwright, and novelist, 1911-1991

Hate the sin and not the sinner is a precept which though easy enough to understand is rarely practiced, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.

— Mahatma Gandhi, Indian leader of the Indian independence movement against British rule who inspired movements for civil rights and freedom across the world, 1869-1948

Fear of something is at the root of hate for others, and hate within will eventually destroy the hater.

— George Washington Carver, U.S. agricultural scientist, inventor, and professor, 1863-1941

People hate, as they love, unreasonably.

— William Thackeray, British novelist and author, 1811-1863

Passionate hatred can give meaning and purpose to an empty life.

— Eric Hoffer, U.S. moral and social philosopher and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, 1902-1983

We love without reason, and without reason we hate.

— Jean-Francois Regnard, French comic poet, 1655-1709

Hate is like acid. It can damage the vessel in which it is stored as well as destroy the object on which it is poured.

— Ann Landers, U.S. syndicated advice-columnist whose work was a regular feature in many newspapers across North America and led to her becoming a cultural icon, 1918-2002
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