actually yes it is. hate engenders hate but only love can overcome hate. that is why it's called the golden rule.
love does no harm, and doesn't allow others to harm. self control is greater than controlling another. we can be our own best friend and our own worse enemy. one leads to self-realization through love and the other to self-destruction via hate..
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
An eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind. - Mahatma Gandhi