“I am amused when goody-goodies proclaim, from the safety of their armchairs, that children are naturally prejudice-free, that they only learn to "hate" from listening to bigoted adults. Nonsense. Tolerance is a learned trait, like riding a bike or playing the piano. Those of us who actually live among children, who see them in their natural environment, know the truth: Left to their own devices, children will gang up on and abuse anyone who is even slightly different from the norm.” KnowsChildrenDifferentHateLeftNaturalEnvironmentListeningAdultsAbusePrejudiceSafetyTolerancePianoNonsenseDevicesTraitsRidingBikeNormGangAmusedNatural EnvironmentArmchairs Author:Josh Lieb
“... fear breeds repression; that repression breeds hate; that hate menaces stable government; that the path of safety lies in the opportunity to discuss freely supposed grievances and proposed remedies; and that the fitting remedy for evil counsels is good ones.” GovernmentLyingHateEvilOpportunityPathSafetyStableRemedyRepressionFittingHate MeMenaceGrievance Author:Louis D. Brandeis
“Martin Luther King really was a safety valve for white people. Any time it appeared that the black community was on the verge of really doing what we ought to do based on having been attacked, they put Martin Luther King on television. He was always saying, "We must use nonviolence. We must overcome hate with love." White people loved that. That's why they gave him a Nobel Prize. But when Martin Luther King started condemning the Vietnam War, that's when white people turned against him.” PeopleWarHateBlackCommunityOvercomingSafetyPrizeNonviolenceLutherVietnam WarNobel Prize Author:Ernie Chambers
“I worship you, but I loathe marriage. I hate its smugness, its safety, its compromise and the thought of you interfering with my work, hindering me; what would you answer?” HateAnswersWorshipI HateSafetyCompromiseInterfereLoatheSmugnessThoughts Of YouWorship You Book:Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Virginia Woolf (Illustrated)
“It hit her like a sledgehammer, and it was then that she knew what to feel. A liquid trail of hate flooded her chest. Knowing that she would hate him long and well filled her with pleasant anticipation, like when you know you are going to fall in love with someone and you wait for the happy signs. Hating BoyBoy, she could get on with it, and have the safety, the thrill, the consistency of that hatred as long as she wanted or needed it to define and strengthen her or protect her from routine vulnerabilities.” KnowsFeelsWellsLongWantedHateFallWaitingKnowingNeededProtectHatredSafetyFilledFalling In LoveVulnerabilityPleasantChestsRoutineAnticipationConsistencyThrillTrailsLiquidHate Him Book:Sula Source: Sula
“I think a lot of us are not on a path; we're in a rut. We have confused comfort with peace, belief with faith, safety with wisdom, wealth with blessing, and existence with life.” ThinkingHateBeliefWealthExistencePathComfortBlessingI HateSafetyConfusedHate YouI Hate YouRuts Book:Wide Awake: The Future Is Waiting Within You Source: Wide Awake: The Future Is Waiting Within You
“That is the difference we make in the world. And our own safety, our own security, depends upon our willingness to do what it takes to defend this nation and uphold the values that we stand for - timeless ideals that will endure long after those who offer only hate and destruction have been vanquished from the Earth.” WorldLongHas BeensEarthValuesHateNationsDifferencesSecurityDependsOffersIdealsDestructionSafetyEndureIslamicWillingnessTimeless Author:Barack Obama
“Is it better to be extremely ambitious, or rather modest? Probably the latter is safer; but I hate safety, and would rather fail gloriously than dingily succeed.” HateFailingSucceedI HateSafetyLatterAmbitiousModest Author:Vita Sackville-West