The people you hate, well, this is the question about such people: why do you hate them?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Hatred should be examined critically to understand its root cause rather than accepted blindly.
- In plain terms
- Ask yourself why you feel hatred toward someone before holding onto it.
- What can you take from it?
- Question the source of your hatred to understand it.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do you feel this anger?
- What would happen if you let it go?
Another view
Sometimes hatred is a justified response to harm.
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