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“The person who loves God cannot help loving every man as himself, even though he is grieved by the passions of those who are not yet purified. But when they amend their lives, his delight is indescribable and knows no bounds. A soul filled with thoughts of sensual desire and hatred is unpurified. If we detect any trace of hatred in our hearts against any man whatsoever for committing any fault, we are utterly estranged from love for God, since love for God absolutely precludes us from hating any man.”

Ifs Knows Men Love Heart Persons Soul Helping Christian Desire Hate Passion Hatred Filled Faults Bounds Delight Every Man Sensual God Love Indescribable

Author:Maximus the Confessor

“If we desire to live securely, comfortably, and quietly, that by all honest means we should endeavor to purchase the good will of all men, and provoke no man's enmity needlessly; since any man's love may be useful, and every man's hatred is dangerous.”

Ifs Men Should May Mean Desire Honest Dangerous Hatred Every Man Endeavor Temper Provoking Good Will Enmity Desire To Live

Book:The Sermons and Expository Treatises of Isaac Barrow: With a Life of the Author

Source: The Sermons and Expository Treatises of Isaac Barrow: With a Life of the Author

“Real fulfillment, for the man who allows absolutely free rein to his desires, and who much dominate everything, lies in hatred.”

Men Real Lying Desire He Man Hatred Fulfillment Reins

Book:The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

Source: The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt

“There are various methods by which you may achieve ignominy and shame. By murdering a large and respected family in cold blood and afterward depositing their bodies in the water companies' reservoir, you will gain much unpopularity in the neighborhood of your crime, and even robbing a church will get you cordially disliked, especially by the vicar. But if you desire to drain to the dregs the fullest cup of scorn and hatred that a fellow human creature can pour out for you, let a young mother hear you call dear baby "it.”

Source: Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow

“Hatred grows into insolence when we desire to excel the rest of mankind and imagine we do not belong to the common lot; we even severely and haughtily despise others as our inferiors.”

Desire Grows Common Imagine Mankind Hatred Despise Inferiors Insolence

Book:Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

Source: Golden Booklet of the True Christian Life

“What keeps the democracy alive at all but the hatred of excellence; the desire of the base to see no head higher than their own?”

Desire Democracy Alive Higher Hatred Excellence

Book:The Last of the Wine

Source: The Last of the Wine

“Babies who have not yet been taught to speak any language are the only race of the earth, the race of man: all the rest is pretence, what we call civilization, hatred, fear, desire for strength.”

Men Earth Desire Speak Language Race Taught Baby Civilization Hatred Pretence

Book:The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, and Other Stories

Source: The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, and Other Stories