Hatred does not cease through hatred at any time. Hatred ceases through love. This is an unalterable law. – Buddha

A Rattlesnake, if Cornered will become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is — a biting of oneself. We think we are harming others in holding these spites and hates, but the deeper harm is to ourselves. – E. Stanley Jones

Hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies. – Honore de Balzac

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate. – Socrates