"the degree to which we detest an aspect of human nature is the degree to which we are ignorant of its role in our evolution."
I'm not sure who said it but I think it's interesting. We sometimes fail to realize that humanity has changed its environment far more quickly than any other creature. So a human trait like selfishness or thirst for power might seem be to be distasteful in our current modern society, but it must have been a lot more useful back when humans had to hunt and kill for food and there was never a guarantee that there would be more any time soon. Another good example is the male tendency to produce offspring from multiple women.
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I think it has to do more with the Law of Opposites...you know, you can't understand love, until you truly experience hate...it's by understanding, experiencing, and accepting these so-called "negative" qualities that we are able to make more loving choices, and evolve.
I've heard about that Law of Opposites before but I'm not sure that it makes sense. Why can't you understand love before hate? Maybe you can't understand hate before experiencing love? I agree that love is more complex than hate, so it would naturally come later...
Anyway, I think that quote was trying to explain why people are the way they are instead of how we would like them to be. I think that your point is more geared toward individual growth.
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