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“It is not love of self but hatred of self which is at the root of the troubles that afflict our world.”

World Self Trouble Self Love Roots Hatred Our World

Book:The Passionate State of Mind

Source: The Passionate State of Mind

“We are more inclined to hate one another for points on which we differ, than to love one another for points on which we agree. The reason perhaps is this: when we find others that agree with us, we seldom trouble ourselves to confirm that agreement; but when we chance on those who differ from us, we are zealous both to convince and to convert them. Our pride is hurt by the failure, and disappointed pride engenders hatred.”

Reason Hate Hurt Chance Trouble Pride Hatred Agree Convince Agreement Disappointed Controversy Love One Another Zealous

Book:Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

Source: Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

“I'm a very smart guy. I haven't a feeling or a scruple in the world. All I have the itch for is money. I am so money greedy that for twenty-five bucks a day and expenses, mostly gasoline and whisky, I do my thinking myself, what there is of it; I risk my whole future, the hatred of the cops . . . I dodge bullets and eat saps, and say thank you very much, if you have any more trouble, I hope you'll think of me, I'll just leave one of my cards in case anything comes up.”

“The demon of acedia -- also called the noonday demon -- is the one that causes the most serious trouble of all. . . . He makes it seem that the sun barely moves, if at all, and . . . he instills in the heart of the monk a hatred for the place, a hatred for his very life itself.”

Ifs Heart Seems Moving Causes Sun Trouble Serious Hatred Demon Monk Instill

Author:Kathleen Norris

“A prince need trouble little about conspiracies when the people are well disposed, but when they are hostile and hold him in hatred, then he must fear everything and everybody.”

People Needs Wells Littles Trouble Hatred Conspiracy Hostile

Book:The Prince

Source: The Prince

“Yes, there are troubles in the world. There's war and hatred, there's sickness and difficulty. And there is also an undying spirit, an inviolable consciousness that is born in each of us. It is who we are, and it's everything and it's nothing.”

World War Spirit Born Consciousness Trouble Hatred Difficulty Who We Are Sickness

Author:Jack Kornfield