A. E. Housman, in a brief verse, uncovers the awfulness of hate:

I see

In many an eye that measures me

The mortal sickness of a mind

Too unhappy to be kind.

Undone with misery, all they can

Is to hate their fellow man;

And till they drop need must still they

Look at you and wish you ill.

That is a plague I would hope to escape.

E. Stanley Jones shares his keen insight into the self-destruction of hate. He reminds us that "a rattlesnake, if cornered, will sometimes become so angry it will bite itself. That is exactly what the harboring of hate and resentment against others is: a biting of oneself. We think that we are harming others in holding these spites and hates, but the deeper harm is to ourselves."

Many times hate and anger are the hidden cause of tragic accidents. On June 18, 1972, a…