“From hatred come divisions; from divisions factions, and from factions ruin.”
It was Niccolò Machiavelli, the Italian statesman and political philosopher, made this statement in his “The Discourses”. He was also correct in observing that ruin is a sure outcome of hatred. In this regard, we merely need to think of racism (Nazi-Germany, Apartheid South-Africa) and of xenophobia (Rwanda and Bosnia) to mention but a few.
The Spanish philosopher José Ortega y Gasset made a very true observation when he said that hatred is a feeling which leads to the extinction of values. Queen Marie Alexandra Victoria of Romania felt that even though there may be more hate in the world than love, it is love which is the strongest, and one day it must conquer hate. Nelson Mandela also said something very true, that no one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, background, or religion. People are taught to hate, and if they can be taught to hate, they can then also be taught to love, because love comes more naturally to the human heart.
Man’s goodness is a flame that can be hidden but never extinguished. Lord Byron wrote:
Now Hatred is by far the longest pleasure;
Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.
Let us cultivate our sense of love towards everything in existence, and let us work hard at dispelling hatred from our hearts.
Why do people hate, it only brings division?
it is not constructive in any way,
hate only ends in a one-way head-on collision,
so rather embrace love, that is what I say.
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