Wednesday, 8 May 2024

HATRED

 

HATRED

The word ‘hatred’ has many synonyms. Some of them are dislike; ill-ill; enmity; hostility; grudge; malice; bitterness and antagonism.

            And some of the antonyms of hatred are love; affection; acceptance; praise;  admiration and fondness.

            Hatred is vicious. It is wicked not only in respect of people but also such ideas, theories and philosophies with which you do not agree. It is harmful for your health because it produces anger which is hurtful  for your heart.

            According to French novelist Balzac (1799-1850 ) hatred is the vice of narrow souls; they feed it with all their littleness, and make it the pretext of base tyrannies.

            This is what Frederick William Robertson  (1816-1853) says: I will tell you what to hate: Hate hypocrisy; hate cant; hate intolerance; oppression; injustice; Pharisaism; hate them as Christ hated them---with a deep abiding, God-like hatred,

            British  poet Lord Byron (1788-1824) believes that hatred is the madness of the heart.

            To conclude, the following words of Lord Buddha: “ Hatred does not cease to be hatred, but only by love; this is the eternal rule.”

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G.R.Kanwal

8th May 2024

 

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