Friday 4 January 2008

Love and Hate, Friends and Enemies



The man of knowledge must not only be able to love his enemies, he must also be able to hate his friends.
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)

Not only love your enemy, but hate your friends...
Somehow I always knew friends are over rated. It is true that friends help you when you are most vulnerable, but most of the time they are who cause the problem in a first place. At least it was the case in my experience. I love my friends but I hate them as much.

As for your enemy, why you should hate your enemy, it is merely his purpose to do you harm in your life. So why hate him while without your enemy there is nothing to live on for. Better yet to love him as a wise man never hate his enemies.