Returning hate, adding deeper darkness to a night that is already void of stars. Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate: only love can do that.
Every word and deed must contribute to an understanding with the enemy and release those vast reservoirs of goodwill which have been blocked by impenetrable walls of hate.
Love is the only force capable of transforming an enemy into a friend.
Love even for enemies is the key to the solution of the problems of our world.
I think the first reason that we should love our enemies, and I think this was at the very center of Jesus' thinking, is this: that hate for hate only intensifies the existence of hate and evil in the universe.
Another reason why we must love our enemies is that hate scars the soul and distorts the personality.
Pax et bonum
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