“We hate most in others what we dislike in ourselves.”

—  Laurell K. Hamilton

Anita's musings on Richard, the reluctant werewolf; unidentified edition/page
Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter series, Narcissus In Chains (2001)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "We hate most in others what we dislike in ourselves." by Laurell K. Hamilton?
Laurell K. Hamilton photo
Laurell K. Hamilton 261
Novelist 1963

Related quotes

“When we associate with others we really associate with ourselves. We like or dislike in others whatever we like or dislike in ourselves.”

Vernon Howard (1918–1992) American writer

700 Inspiring Guides to a New Life

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg photo

“I am convinced we do not only love ourselves in others but hate ourselves in others too.”

Georg Christoph Lichtenberg (1742–1799) German scientist, satirist

F 54
Aphorisms (1765-1799), Notebook F (1776-1779)

Shannon Hale photo

“Just like the old adage--what you dislike most in other people is what you dislike the most in yourself”

Shannon Hale (1974) American fantasy novelist

“It's a sin to hate, and for that reason alone, we must not hate the Normans… We can, however, thoroughly dislike them, Alice.”

Julie Garwood (1946) American writer

Source: The Prize

Desmond Tutu photo

“When we see others as the enemy, we risk becoming what we hate. When we oppress others, we end up oppressing ourselves. All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others.”

Desmond Tutu (1931) South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner
George William Russell photo

“We may fight against what is wrong, but if we allow ourselves to hate, that is to insure our spiritual defeat and our likeness to what we hate.”

George William Russell (1867–1935) Irish writer, editor, critic, poet, and artistic painter

As quoted in The Living Torch, A.E. (1937) by Monk Gibbon

Chuck Palahniuk photo

“When we don't know who to hate, we hate ourselves.”

Chuck Palahniuk book Invisible Monsters

Source: Invisible Monsters

Horace Mann photo

“We do ourselves the most good doing something for others.”

Horace Mann (1796–1859) American politician

Quoted in Thoughts (1901) by Jessie K. Freeman and Sarah S. B. Yule, p. 83, and in Collect Writings of Russell H. Conwell (1925), Vol. 1, p. 396
Context: Doing nothing for others is the undoing of ourselves. We must purposely be kind and generous, or we miss the best part of existence. The heart which goes out of itself gets large and full. This is the great secret of the inner life. We do ourselves the most good doing something for others.

“The things we hate about ourselves aren't more real than things we like about ourselves.”

Ellen Goodman (1941) American journalist and writer

Attributed

Siân Berry photo

“Boris Johnson has real contempt for Londoners. He hates that we celebrate each other's heritage; he hates that we try to pass on a healthy environment to our children; he hates that we look after our most vulnerable neighbours; and most of all he hates that we all expect to share in our city's financial success.”

Siân Berry (1974) British politician

calling on her voters to give Ken Livingstone their second preference in the 2008 London Mayoral election http://london.greenparty.org.uk/news/657

Related topics