Mahatma Gandhi Hate Quotations

The real love is to love them that hate you, to love your neighbor even though you distrust him.

The enemy is fear. We think it is hate; but, it is fear.

Harshness is conquered by gentleness, hatred by love, lethargy by zeal and darkness by light.

The hater hates not for the sake of hatred but because he wants to drive away from his country the hated being or beings.

The world is weary of hate. We see the fatigue overcoming the Western nations.

A successful search for truth means complete deliverance from the dual throng, such as of love and hate, happiness and misery.

My personal religion peremptorily forbids me to hate anybody.

God is Light, not darkness. God is Love, not hate. God is truth, not untruth. God alone is great.

I may fight the British ruler, but I do not hate the English or their language. In fact, I appreciate their literary treasures.

True ahimsa should mean a complete freedom from ill-will and anger and hate and an overflowing love for all.

One may detest the wickedness of a brother without hating him.

It is no non-violence if we merely love those that love us. It is non-violence only when we love those that hate us.

It is the law of love that rules mankind. Had violence, i.e. hate, rules us we would have become extinct long ago. And yet, the tragedy of it is that the so-called civilised men and nations conduct themselves as if the basis of society was violence.

Man and his deed are two distinct things. Whereas a good deed should call forth approbation and a wicked deed dis-approbation, the doer of the deed, whether good or wicked always deserves respect or pity as the case may be. Hate the sin and not the sinner is a precept which though easy enough to understand is rarely practised, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.

Non-violence and cowardice are contradictory terms. Non-violence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice. Non-violence springs from love, cowardice from hate. Non-violence always suffers, cowardice would always inflict suffering. Perfect non-violence is the highest bravery. Non-violent conduct is never demoralising; cowardice always is.

If you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed � but hate these things in yourself, not in another.

Nonviolence is the greatest virtue, cowardice the greatest vice - nonviolence springs from love, cowardice from hate.

I would rather drown myself in the waters of the Sabarmati than harbour hate or animosity in my heart.

Hatred can be overcome only by love.

Retaliation is counter-poison and poison breeds more poison. The nectar of Love alone can destroy the poison of hate.

Hate the sin and not the sinner' is a precept which, though easy enough to understand, is rarely practiced, and that is why the poison of hatred spreads in the world.