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What does it mean?
Hatred only generates more hatred in a cyclical manner.
In plain terms
Hate only creates more hate.
What can you take from it?
Breaking the cycle of anger stops escalation.

Where it applies

  • arguments
  • feuds
  • public discourse

Putting it to work

  • mediation
  • forgiveness
  • pausing reactions

Questions to consider

  • How do you stop a fight without fighting?
  • Is neutrality possible?

Another view

Sometimes self-defense is necessary against genuine threat.

More from Jean Cocteau

  1. Expect neither reward nor beatitude. Return noble waves for ignoble.

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  2. Disavow anyone who provokes or accepts the extermination of a race to which he does not belong.

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  3. Allow the power of the soul to grow as flagrant as the power of sex.

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