ONE FAMILY PLAN
Love Hate
"Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good."(Romans 12:21)
"If there is cause to hate someone, the cause to love has just begun." (African Traditional Religions, Wolof proverb, Senegal)
"Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you." (Luke 6:27-28)
"Do good to him who has done you an injury." (Taoism, Tao Te Ching 63)
"Requite evil with good, and the one who is your enemy will become your dearest friend." (Islam, Qur'an 41.34)
"Hate is not conquered by hate: hate is conquered by love. This is a law eternal." (Buddhism, Dhammapada 5)
"Does not the earth support the person that is engaged in digging it? It is proper that we too bear with those who wrong us."(Hinduism, Tirukkural 151)
"Of what gain is perfect goodness if it does not do good to all, even to those who have done painful things to others?" (Hinduism, Tirukkural 987)
"Conquer anger by love. Conquer evil by good. Conquer the stingy by giving. Conquer the liar by truth." (Buddhism, Dhammapada 223)
"God said, 'Resemble me; just as I repay good for evil so do you also repay good for evil.'" (Judaism, Exodus, Rabbah 26.2)
"If your enemies are hungry, give them food to eat; if they are thirsty, give them water to drink..." (Proverbs 25:21)
"Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all offenses." (Proverbs 10:12)
"Humanity overcomes inhumanity the way water overcomes fire." (Confucianism, Mencius VI.A.18)
"Return love for hate." (Taoism, Tao Te Ching 63)
"The wise are good to people who are good. They are also good to people who are not good. This is the power of goodness." (Taoism, Tao Te Ching 49)
"Of the adage, Only a good man knows how to like people, knows how to dislike them, Confucius said, 'He whose heart is in the smallest degree set upon Goodness will dislike no one.'"(Confucianism, Analects 4.3-4)
"I should be like the sun, shining universally on all without seeking thanks or reward, able to take care of all sentient beings even if they are bad, never giving up on my vows on this account, not abandoning all sentient beings because one sentient being is evil." (Buddhism, Garland Sutra 23)
"What kind of love is this that to another can shift? Says Nanak, True lovers are those who are forever absorbed in the Beloved. Whoever discriminates between treatment held good or bad, Is not a true lover--he rather is caught in calculations." (Sikhism. Adi Granth, Asa-ki-Var, M.2, p. 474)
"The sage has no fixed [personal] ideas. He regards the people's ideas as his own. I treat those who are good with goodness, And I also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. I am honest with those who are honest, And I am also honest with those who are dishonest. Thus honesty is attained."(Taoism, Tao Te Ching 49)
"It may be that God will ordain love between you and those whom you hold as enemies. For God has power over all things; and God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful." (Islam, Qur'an 60.7)
"Aid an enemy before you aid a friend, to subdue hatred."(Judaism. Tosefta, Baba Metzia 2.26)
"Man should subvert anger by forgiveness, subdue pride by modesty, overcome hypocrisy with simplicity, and greed by contentment." (Jainism, Samanasuttam 136)
