Robert Silverberg Quotes

A great deal of energy is wasted in hating people, and I can honestly say I've no wish to expend such a precious resource on being outraged about anyone.

No, seriously, I really don't have much ill-will toward anyone these days; I just ignore the people that I dislike.

It takes too much energy to hate.

Those who hate you don't win unless you hate them back.

I can't afford to hate anyone. I don't have that kind of time.

What do you get out of hating people, out of having this bitterness in your heart always?

Be inspired to ignore their ignorant message, and feel gratitude in your heart that you are not burdened or addicted to hate, as they are.

There are no chains like hate...dwelling on your brother's faults multiplies your own. You are far from the end of your journey.

I never hold a grudge.

Do not grieve yourself too much for those you hate, nor yet forget them utterly.

Above all, you must fight conceit, envy, and every kind of ill-feeling in your heart.

I do understand how hate eats at the soul and how to purge yourself of hate.

Always remember, others may hate you, but those who hate you don't win unless you hate them, and then you destroy yourself.

I hold grudges, but I can't hate nobody; that's not my nature.

I haven't the energy to despise anyone.

I can never hold a grudge against anyone, even if I know that he has done something wrong to me.

It's not for me to hold any grudges or anything like that.

People say that forgiving is my flaw, but I really believe that holding grudges and anger is a waste of energy.

I think the hardest thing in life is to forgive. Hate is self destructive. If you hate somebody, you're not hurting the person you hate, you're hurting yourself. It's a healing, actually, it's a real healing...forgiveness.

The secret of forgiving everything is to understand nothing.

If you choose to forgive someone who has wronged you rather than to hate that person, you shift the frequency of your Light.

Do not hate anybody, because that hatred which comes out from you must, in the long run, come back to you. If you love, that love will come back to you, completing the circle.

Let no man pull you so low as to hate him.

Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

I don't recognize hate, I don't recognize bitterness, I don't recognize jealousy, I don't recognize greed. I don't give them power. They don't exist to me.