Kurt Vonnegut Quotes

Hatred is one of the poisons; like jaundice, it alters the true colors of things.

Hate today, no love for tomorrow

"There's little value in seeking to find reasons for why people do what they do, or feel the way they feel. Hatred is a most pernicious thing, finding root in any kind of soil. It feeds on itself." "With words."

All I knew was that hate was so deadly as any poison and did no one any good. You had to control and eliminate it, if you could.

Fear is the only true enemy, born of ignorance and the parent of anger and hate.

There is something to that old saying that hate injures the hater, not the hated.

Innocence is a pretty dangerous thing, you know. Revisit Dostoevsky's 'The Idiot' or, for that matter, Greene's 'The Quiet American' to find out how destructive it can be.

Hatred is self-punishment.

When you hate people, it not only makes you hate that person, it gives that vibe off for everything around you. I really do believe that.

Hate is indeed self-destructive, and this is what real Hip Hop must avoid at all cost.

Next time you wish to feed me poison, warn me first," Loor demanded. (The Merchant of Death)

Hate, it has caused a lot of problems in the world, but has not solved one yet.

Hatred is a prolific vice; envy, a barren vice.

I hate that Alex [James] and Damon [Albarn]. I hope they catch AIDS and die.

The dangerous thing about hate is that it seems so reasonable.

Man is a hating rather than a loving animal.

Hatred is like a long, dark shadow. Not even the person it falls upon knows where it comes from, in most cases. It is like a two-edged sword. When you cut the other person, you cut yourself. The more violently you hack at the other person, the more violently you hack at yourself. It can often be fatal. But it is not easy to dispose of. Please be careful, Mr.Okada. It is very dangerous. Once it has taken root in your heart, hatred is the most difficult think in the world to shake off.

This is what hatred is. It will feed you and at the same time turn you to rot.

One drop of hatred in your soul will spread and discolor everything like a drop of black ink in white milk.

Hatred makes us all ugly.

I've come within range of hate. Terrifying, its tremors, its dizzying obsessions. Hate's like a swordfish invisible in the water, knifing suddenly into sight with blood on its blade- clear water misleads you.

So long as you minded your manners and kept your weapons concealed, they let you enter and leave in peace. Those who broke the one house rule of “No Spill Blood” quickly found themselves leaving in pieces.’ (Gallagher)

Fear is the brother of hate.

Too much safety seems to yield only danger in the long run.

What do you get out of hating people, out of having this bitterness in your heart always?