“How easily the mind can be turned to hate from a place of fear.”
“The nations of the earth are mostly swayed by fear—fear of the sort that a little cheap oratory turns easily to rage, hate, and violence.”
“Hate can be passionate or disengaged; it can come from dislike but also from fear.”
“Some people say that you shouldn't operate from a place of fear but if there is no fear, how is there a challenge?”
“Furniture or gold can be taken away from you, but knowledge and a new language can easily be taken from one place to the other, and nobody can take them away from you.”
“It is exactly the fear of revenge that motivates the deepest crimes, from the killing of the enemy's children lest they grow up to play their own part, to the erasure of the enemy's graveyards and holy places so that his hated name can be forgotten.”