Crime Quote by Dean Koontz

The hatred of truth is the taproot of violence.

— Dean Koontz

“The hatred of truth is a vice [...] From it comes pride and an enthusiasm for disorder.”

— Dean Koontz

“Violence is the result of hatred & greed conquering the heart of lesser souls.”

— Rehan Waris

“The truth is often a terrible weapon of aggression. It is possible to lie, and even to murder, for the truth.”

— Alfred Adler

“No thanky-you; you can't overcome hatred with more hatred. Force can kill the liar but not the lie, the hater but not the hate,…

— Joss Sheldon

“Who tarnishes, assaults, threatens, hates the spirit of man is guilty of crime.”

— Christina Stead

“When we feel like victims, all our actions and beliefs are legitimised, however questionable they may be. Our opponents, or simply our neighbours, stop…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“Jealousy stings, envy poisons, anger harms, and hate murders.”

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“The passion for vengeance is a terrifyingly strong one, very easily and probably inevitably wrought up by such evidence [of atrocities], even at our…

— James Agee

“The dreadful superstition that it is possible to foresee the future shape of society serves to justify all kinds of violence in the name…

— Leo Tolstoy

“The greatest violence (hinsa) in this world is that of anger-pride-deceit-greed (kashays – the ones that gives pain to soul).”

— Dada Bhagwan

“Even truth becomes just another weapon of division and violence, when shared with impure motives and a defiled heart.”

— Hope D. Blackwell