“With self-acceptance, we have the ability to choose compassion and forgiveness over anger and self-hatred.” SelfAbilityCompassionAcceptanceHatredSelf AcceptanceSelf HatredAbility To Choose Author:Michelle Cruz
“We hated pretentiousness; it was a form of self-hatred.” SelfFormHatredHatedSelf HatredPretentiousness Book:The Book of My Lives Source: The Book of My Lives
“No war ought ever to be undertaken but under circumstances which render all intercourse of courtesy between the combatants impossible. It is a bad thing that men should hate each other; but it is far worse that they should contract the habit of cutting one another's throats without hatred. War is never lenient but where it is wanton; when men are compelled to fight in self-defence, they must hate and avenge: this may be bad; but it is human nature.” MenShouldHumansMayWarSelfHateFightingPeaceCuttingImpossibleHuman NatureOughtHabitCircumstancesHatredBad ThingsContractsThroatCompelledCourtesyDefenceIntercourseNo WarWantonSelf DefenceLenient Author:Thomas B. Macaulay
“Bacon's portraits are an interrogation on the limits of the self. Up to what degree of distortion does an individual still remain himself? To what degree of distortion does a beloved person still remain a beloved person? For how long does a cherished face growing remote through illness, through madness, through hatred, through death still remain recognizable? Where is the border beyond which a self ceases to be a self?” PersonsLongDoeStillsSelfFacesIndividualGrowingLimitsDegreesHatredMadnessIllnessCeaseBelovedBordersPortraitsDistortionInterrogationBeloved Person Author:Milan Kundera
“Guilt is the sum total of: All the negative feelings we have ever had about ourselves! Any form of self-hatred, self-rejection, feelings of worthlessness, sinfulness, inferiority, incompetence, failure, or emptiness. The feeling that there are things in us that are lacking or missing or incomplete.” SelfFeelingsFormMissingNegativeHatredGuiltRejectionEmptinessLackingIncompleteInferiorityIncompetenceSelf HatredSinfulnessWorthlessnessNegative FeelingsGuilt Feelings Author:Kenneth Wapnick