“Hatred would have been easier. With hatred, I would have known what to do. Hatred is clear, metallic, one-handed, unwavering; unlike love.”— Margaret Atwood, amazon.com
“This is what hatred is. It will feed you and at the same time turn you to rot.”— Lauren Oliver, amazon.com
“Each smallest act of kindness, reverberates across great distances and spans of time--affecting lives unknown to the one who’s generous spirit, was the source of this good echo. Because kindness is passed on and grows each time it’s passed until a simple courtesy becomes an act of selfless courage,…”— Dean Koontz, amazon.com
“Hatred is like a two edged sword. When you cut the other person you cut yourself.”— Haruki Murakami, amazon.com
“Holding anger is a poison...It eats you from inside...We think that by hating someone we hurt them...But hatred is a curved blade...and the harm we do to others...we also do to ourselves”— Mitch Albom, amazon.com
“He said that man’s heart was the only bad heart in the animal kingdom; that man was the only animal capable of feeling malice, envy, vindictiveness, revengefulness, hatred, selfishness, the only animal that loves drunkenness, almost the only animal that could endure personal uncleanliness and a filt…”— Mark Twain, amazon.com
“The joy of killing! the joy of seeing killing done - these are traits of the human race at large.”— Mark Twain, amazon.com
“Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better.”— Mark Twain, amazon.com
“I will eliminate hatred, envy, jealousy, selfishness, and cynicism, by developing love for all humanity, because I know that a negative attitude toward others can never bring me success. I will cause others to believe in me, because I will believe in them, and in myself.”— Napoleon Hill, amazon.com
“Oh, how embarrassing! There they are! They were inside you the whole time. You did have guts. I've never been so wrong before in my life!”— Robert Kirkman, amazon.com
“Hatred does not cease by hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”— Gautama Buddha, amazon.com
“As I walked out the door toward the gate that would lead to my freedom, I knew if I didn't leave my bitterness and hatred behind, I'd still be in prison.”— Nelson Mandela, amazon.com
“Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else — you are the one who gets burned.”— Commonly Attributed To Buddha, fakebuddhaquotes.com
“Resentment is like drinking a poison and waiting for the other person to die.”— Carrie Fisher, amazon.com
“All I could think of when I got a look at the place from the outside was what fun it would be to stand out there and watch it burn down.”— Shirley Jackson, amazon.com