4,576 Quotes About Hate

We live in, arguably, the most developed, powerful country in the world, yet we are still unable to find a way to keep corrupt cops from killing black men. Why is that?

It is near impossible to be a valiant warrior if you hate your enemy.

I tend not to focus on racism as the first cause of any problem, but it’s safe to say the rules of America appear to, shall we say, fluctuate.

Tears streamed down his face and he cradled the barrel of the shotgun in his arms as though it were the woman he had been begging for, searching for, all his life. "Gimme hate, Lord," he whimpered. "I'll take hate any day . But don't give me love. I can't take no more love, Lord. I can't carry it. It's too heavy.

My heart burns with anger, but the part of me that’s still his responds to him, still wants to believe there’s hope. It’s the thing I love and hate most about love: Hope dies last.

Savages understand only one language, that's the language of revolution.

Let’s be honest with ourselves for a moment, shall we. Trying to argue a point, prove we are right—that we are a good person—is more about winning, or quite simply, protect ourselves from losing. It all boils down to fight or flight. Ultimately, when we are driven by these two forces, we end up fighting and fleeing the ultimate truth which is not of this earth.

Fearmongering works because we allow it to: we play our part in the cycle of fear, blame, and hatred. We allow ourselves to respond in kind to hatred and to hit back, even though we know our actions will only escalate the hatred. We learn to hate, too. We become the equivalent opposite of those who hate us. Yet we think that our hate is righteous, excused by the hatred we have so long endured. But hatred is still hatred. It is still cold. It is still dead. And it is still dehumanizing.

Hate comes from FearFear comes from ThreatThreat leads to Fight/Flight (our animal instinct)Fight/Flight leads to DestructionDestruction induces more HateDon’t follow your animal instincts.