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Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. if you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed - but hate these things in yourself, not in another.

-Thomas Merton

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Instead Of Hating The People You Think

Thomas Merton

Instead of hating the people you think are war-makers, hate the appetites and disorder in your own soul, which are the causes of war. if you love peace, then hate injustice, hate tyranny, hate greed - but hate these things in yourself, not in another.

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In the same manner, having been reduced by disorder, and sunk to their utmost state of depression, unable to descend lower, they, of necessity, reascend; and thus from good they gradually decline to evil, and from evil again return to good. the reason is, that valor produces peace; peace, repose; repose, disorder; disorder, ruin; so from disorder order springs; from order virtue, and from this, glory and good fortune.

You can’t hate the roots of the tree without ending up hating the tree. you can’t hate your origin without ending up hating yourself. you can’t hate the land, your motherland, the place that you come from, and we can’t hate africa without ending up hating ourselves. the black man in the western hemisphere—north america, central america, south america, and in the caribbean—is the best example of how one can be made, skillfully, to hate himself that you can find anywhere on this earth.

Perhaps peace is not, after all, something you work for, or 'fight for.' it is indeed 'fighting for peace' that starts all the wars. what, after all, are the pretexts of all these cold war crises, but 'fighting for peace?' peace is something you have or do not have. if you are yourself at peace, then there is at least some peace in the world. then share your peace with everyone, and everyone will be at peace.

It just was a gradual development over the years. i mean last year was 'all you need is love.' this year, it's 'all you need is love and peace, baby.' give peace a chance, and remember love. the only hope for us is peace. violence begets violence. you can have peace as soon as you like if we all pull together. you're all geniuses, and you're all beautiful. you don't need anyone to tell you who you are. you are what you are. get out there and get peace, think peace, and live peace and breathe peace, and you'll get it as soon as you like.

Is there some society you know of that doesn't run on greed? you think russia doesn't run on greed? you think china doesn't run on greed? what is greed?

There may come a time when it will be possible for you to humiliate your worst enemy or even to defeat him, but in order to love the enemy you must not do it... the greek language has another word [for love]. it calls it agape. agape is more than romantic love. agape is more than friendship. agape is understanding, redemptive goodwill for all men. agape is an overflowing love, a spontaneous love, which seeks nothing in return. and theologians would say that it is the love of god operating in the human heart. when you rise to love on this level you love all men, not because you like them, not because their ways appeal to you, not because they are worthful to you, but you love all men because god loves them. and you rise to the noble heights of loving the person who does the evil deed while hating the deed that the person does. and i think this is what jesus means when he says, “love your enemies.”

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