Robert A. Heinlein Quotes

Hate won't solve anything.

There are plenty of good reasons for fighting, I said, but no good reason ever to hate without reservation, to imagine that God Almighty Himself hates with you, too.

if you learn to hate one or two persons... you'll soon hate millions of people.

War would end if the dead could return.

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

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

Until we have created a romance of peace that would equal that of war, violence will not disappear from people's lives.

We live in a world of guns, bombs and terror. To conquer hate seems a nigh-impossible task.

With violence, as with so many other concerns, human nature is the problem, but human nature is also the solution.

Take away the violence and who will hear the men of peace?

When I recall my own path of life I cannot but speak of the violence, hatred and lies. A lesson drawn from such experiences, however, was that we can effectively oppose violence only if we ourselves do not resort to it.

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

Love soothes wounds, while hatred and violence deepen them.

We can scarcely hate any one that we know.

The most peaceful and responsible thing this body could do is listen to the complaints of people who have resorted to violent action.

This is the vow to those consumed by hatred. We have but one path—waging war on them to the death.

Violence against violence? That will never solve the problem.

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

He refused to let hate make him hate.

An angry generation will not bring peace to the world; I do believe that.

There is no forgiveness, justice, or healing on any level when hate is involved.

But when you meet with the enemy and genuinely try to understand his or her perspective, you lose the enemy as a political tool. And that's the eternal obstacle.

A helpful thing for me has always been - this is from a great acting teacher Declan Donnellan - is this beautiful way of expressing how and why people do things that other people may not do. It's a simple sentence that says, 'I understand you; you don't understand me.'

Peace will come when the Arabs will love their children more than they hate us.

I don’t understand hate. I’ve seen its power. I’ve known its wrath. I’ve even felt it coursing through my veins, pushing me on. But I don’t know where it comes from or why it lasts, how it can take hold in some people and grow.