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“If one judges love according to the greatest part of the effects it produces, it would appear to resemble rather hatred than kindness.”

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Author:Francois de La Rochefoucauld

“We are all the foolishness and all the crimes we did. We're also all the kindnesses we did. I hate to think of life as if we understood time. We don't understand time.”

Ifs Thinking Hate Kindness Crime Understood I Hate Foolishness

Author:Hugh Leonard

“It's so easy to laugh, It's so easy to hate, It takes guts to be gentle and kind.”

Kind Hate Easy Emotion Kindness Laughing Strength Musician Laughter Hatred Gentle Guts Gentleness Hateful

Author:Steven Morrissey

“Friends, show me a man who hates himself, and I'll show you a man who hates his neighbours more! He'd have to – you wouldn't grant anyone else something you can't have for yourself – no love, no kindness, no respect!”

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Author:Mary Ann Shaffer

“The way of life can be free and beautiful, but we have lost the way. Greed has poisoned men's souls, has barricaded the world with hate, has goose-stepped us into misery and bloodshed. We have developed speed, but we have shut ourselves in. Machinery that gives abundance has left us in want. Our knowledge has made us cynical; our cleverness, hard and unkind. We think too much and feel too little. More than machinery, we need humanity. More than cleverness, we need kindness and gentleness. Without these qualities, life will be violent and all will be lost.”

“Another significant point to remember: if you witness anything - fear, anger, hate - they will disappear, leaving a tremendous amount of energy in you which you can use for creativity. You will have to use it, the leaking holes have disappeared; you will be overflowing with energy. But if you witness your love, compassion, kindness, humbleness, they will not disappear. They also have tremendous energy, but the more you witness them, the more they will become strong in you; they will overpower you, overwhelm you.”

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Author:Rajneesh

“In the mind of all the English soldiers there is absolutely no hate for the Germans, but a kind of brotherly though slightly comtemptuous kindness - as to men who are going through a bad time as well as ourselves.”

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Book:Ivor Gurney: collected letters

Source: Ivor Gurney: collected letters

“No matter what, we always have the power to choose hope over despair, engagement over apathy, kindness over indifference, enthusiasm over lethargy, love over hate. This is our true freedom. Whatever life may throw at us, we have the freedom and ability to choose our attitude. And I believe it is in those moments of choice that we manifest our destiny.”

“None of us offers resistance when he is seized, or avenges himself for your unjust violence, although our people are numerous and plentiful...it is not lawful for us to hate, and so we please God more when we render no requital for injury...we repay your hatred with kindness.”

People Hate Kindness Violence Please Offers Hatred Resistance Injury Unjust Plentiful

Author:Cyprian

“There is but One God, His name is Truth, He is the Creator, He fears none, he is without hate, He never dies, He is beyond the cycle of births and death, He is self illuminated, He is realized by the kindness of the True Guru. He was True in the beginning, He was True when the ages commenced and has ever been True, He is also True now.”

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Author:Guru Nanak

“Loving-kindness and compassion are the basis for wise, powerful, sometimes gentle, and sometimes fierce actions that can really make a difference - in our own lives and those of others.”

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Author:Sharon Salzberg

“Hatred and anger are powerless when met with kindness.”

Hate Kindness Mets Hatred Powerless Hatred And Anger

Author:Malcolm X