Quotes to Inspire Peaceful Action

The following quotes on hate have opened my eyes a little wider to the concepts of understanding and forgiveness:

• “The tongue like a sharp knife… Kills without drawing blood.” ~ Buddha
• “I have decided to stick with love. Hate is too great a burden to bear.” ~ Martin Luther King, Jr.
• “I think that hate is a feeling that can only exist where there is no understanding.” ~ Tennessee Williams, Sweet Bird of Youth
• “Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.” ~ Maya Angelou
• “You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.” ~ Buddha
• “It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.” ~ Confucius
• “Throughout life people will make you mad, disrespect you and treat you bad. Let God deal with the things they do, cause hate in your heart will consume you too.” ~ Will Smith
• “I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth than adore me for telling you lies.” ~ Pietro Arentino
• “Remember, always give your best. Never get discouraged. Never be petty. Always remember, others may hate you. But those who hate you don’t win unless you hate them. And then you destroy yourself.” – Richard M. Nixon
• “Our dilemma is that we hate change and love it at the same time; what we really want is for things to remain the same but get better.” – Sydney J. Harris
• “I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain.” – James A. Baldwin
• “Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love.” - John Steinbeck
• “I hate flowers —I paint them because they’re cheaper than models and they don’t move.” – Georgia O’Keeffe