Bertrand Russell Quotes

My freedom from hatred - I would even claim for myself individually, my love - for those who consider themselves to be my enemies, does not make me blind to their faults.

Even though we are deceived, still believe. Though we are betrayed, still forgive. Love completely even those who hate you.

We must develop and maintain the capacity to forgive. He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. There is some good in the worst of us and some evil in the best of us. When we discover this, we are less prone to hate our enemies.

I feel sorry for anybody that could let hate wrap them up. Ain't no such thing as I can hate anybody and hope to see God's face.

You hate evil, but you don't hate the people that do evil. So, hate has to go out the window.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.

War is not the answer, because only love can conquer hate.

It is right to hate sin, but not to hate the sinner.

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.

It is impossible to repent of love. The sin of love does not exist.

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.

When people realize that they have been forgiven of everything, it becomes a little bit easier for them to forgive others.

When I'm speaking of love, when I'm speaking of reversing hate, I'm speaking not only of reconciliation - even I don't use that word - I use another word in Spanish, that's called 'reencuentro' - it's not reconciliation.

One can imagine nonviolent or minimally violent ways to reduce or eliminate hatred, but there's no mollifying evil.

We'd all like to believe that perhaps people could stop killing each other.

I had the honor to meet Nelson Mandela, and I heard him explain his forgiveness of his captors of 27 years by saying hatred and bitterness is destructive - the power is in love and forgiveness.

How sad it is that we give up on people who are just like us.

How shall I lose the sin, yet keep the sense, and love the offender, yet detest the offence?

You are done for - a living dead man - not when you stop loving but stop hating. Hatred preserves: in it, in its chemistry, resides the mystery of life.

God dislikes evil, and no happiness can be built on hate. Love one another as brothers.

May we not succumb to thoughts of violence and revenge today, but rather to thoughts of mercy and compassion. We are to love our enemies that they might be returned to their right minds.

Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

We can scarcely hate any one that we know.

Hatred is increased by being reciprocated, and can on the other hand be destroyed by love.