Sri Aurobindo
Letters of Sri Aurobindo
Volume IV - Part 2
Fragment ID: 14395
That is quite right1. Only those who sympathise can help – surely also one should be able to see the faults of others without hatred. Hatred injures both parties, it helps none.
1 The correspondent said that he preferred to encourage a fellow sadhak for his good points rather than to hate him for his defects. – Ed.