Hostility Quotes

• A loving person lives in a loving world. A hostile person lives in a hostile world.

  Ken Keyes Jr.

  Love, Inspirational, Positive

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• I have sworn upon the altar of God Eternal, hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Change, Religious, Men

  Letter to Benjamin Rush, 23 Sept. 1800

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• Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

  Albert Schweitzer

  Relationship, Karma, Kindness

  Albert Schweitzer (1966). “The Teaching of Reverence for Life”

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• Poverty is the absence of all human rights. The frustrations, hostility and anger generated by abject poverty cannot sustain peace in any society.

  Muhammad Yunus

  Frustration, Rights, Poverty

  Muhammad Yunus (2007). “Creating a World Without Poverty: Social Business and the Future of Capitalism”, p.239, PublicAffairs

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• The Public - a thing I cannot help looking upon as an enemy, and which I cannot address without feelings of hostility.

  John Keats

  Feelings, Enemy, Literature

  John Keats (1914*). “The complete poetical works and letters of John Keats”, p.47, Рипол Классик

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• Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another.

  Sigmund Freud

  Peace, War, Men

  Sigmund Freud (1930). “Civilization and Its Discontents”, p.40, Courier Dover Publications

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• If we have a positive mental attitude, then even when surrounded by hostility, we shall not lack inner peace.

  Dalai Lama

  Attitude, Inner Peace, Ifs

  "5 Ways to Peace for Control Freaks" by Kathryn Remati, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 20, 2015.

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• I believe the common denominator of the Universe is not harmony, but chaos, hostility and murder.

  Werner Herzog

  Believe, Directors, Common

  "Grizzly Man", 2006.

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• It is a great mystery that though the human heart longs for Truth, in which alone it finds liberation and delight, the first reaction of human beings to Truth is one of hostility and fear!

  Anthony de Mello

  Spiritual, Heart, Delight

  Anthony De Mello (2012). “Heart of the Enlightened: A Book of Story Meditations”, p.7, Image

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• Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile world. Same world.

  Wayne Dyer

  Love, Life, Inspiring

  Wayne W. Dyer (2009). “Staying on the Path: Easyread Super Large 20pt Edition”, p.54, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Hostility comes from loneliness, from not seeing yourself like a drop falling into the ocean of humanity like everyone else.

  Mehmet Oz

  Loneliness, Ocean, Fall

  "Q&A with Mehmet Oz: Don’t Let the Finance Crisis Become a Health Crisis". Interview with Anthony Tjan, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 6, 2017.

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• I am opposed to any form of tyranny over the mind of man.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Men, Faith Religion

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• Powerful women always interpret hostility as unrequited love.

  Tina Brown

  Powerful, Unrequited Love, Powerful Women

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• He who dreads hostility too much is unfit to rule.

  Seneca the Younger

  Fear, Too Much, Dread

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• You practice forgiveness for two reasons: to let others know that you no longer wish to be in a state of hostility with them and to free yourself from the self-defeating energy of resentment. Send love in some form to those you feel have wronged you and notice how much better you feel.

  Wayne Dyer

  Practice, Two, Self

  FaceBook post by Dr. Wayne W. Dyer from Mar 14, 2015

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• When it comes to hating, gossiping, ignoring, ridiculing, holding grudges, or wanting to cause harm, please apply the following: Stop it!

  Dieter F. Uchtdorf

  Hate, Gossip, Negativity

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• The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent, but if we can come to terms with this indifference, then our existence as a species can have genuine meaning. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

  Stanley Kubrick

  Light, Darkness, Meaning Of Life

  Interview with Eric Nordern, Playboy, September 1968.

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• I've noticed your hostility towards him... I ought to have guessed you were friends.

  Malcolm Bradbury

  Friendship, Bad Friend, Funny Friend

  Malcolm Bradbury (2011). “The History Man”, p.87, Pan Macmillan

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  If we could read the secret history of our enemies we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Life, Inspiring, Sympathy

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1872). “Outre Mer. Driftwood”

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• I suppose, indeed, that in public life, a man whose political principles have any decided character and who has energy enough to give them effect must always expect to encounter political hostility from those of adverse principles.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Character, Men, Giving

  Thomas Jefferson (1829). “Memoir, Correspondence, and Miscellanies: From the Papers of Thomas Jefferson”, p.109

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• The clergy ... believe that any portion of power confided to me [as President] will be exerted in opposition to their schemes. And they believe rightly: for I have sworn upon the altar of God, eternal hostility against every form of tyranny over the mind of man. But this is all they have to fear from me: and enough, too, in their opinion.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Believe, Men

  Thomas Jefferson (1900). “The Life and Writings of ...”

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• Whenever we discover a dislike in us, toward any one, we should ever be a little suspicious of ourselves.

  Herman Melville

  Littles, Should, Suspicious

  Herman Melville (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Herman Melville (Illustrated)”, p.1578, Delphi Classics

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• Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

  Elizabeth Bowen

  Character, People, Personality

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• If we could read the secret history of our enemies.

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

  Forgiveness, Peace, Anger

  Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1873). “Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow”, p.452

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• I have sworn upon the altar of god.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Religious, Government, Faith Religion

  Letter to Benjamin Rush, 23 Sept. 1800

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