For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time: hatred ceases by love, this is an old rule.

Dhammapada · Verse 5

Sanskrit: public domain · English tr. F. Max Müller (public domain)

What it means

You cannot put out hatred with more hatred — only kindness ends it.

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Answer one piece of hostility today with a small kindness instead.

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