Did the Buddha say that practitioners inclined towards hate rather than greed are closer to nibbana?
I have seen this discussed at length in a traditional Buddhist text, but I don't remember in which one 
To be precise it was not &quot;hate&quot; vs &quot;greed&quot; but &quot;aversion&quot; vs &quot;attachment&quot; ( or &quot;indulging&quot;).
Basically, the logic went as follows: aversion is by its nature unpleasant and so the person naturally wants to get rid of the feeling it generates, while indulging is pleasant and so is more difficult to abandon, because there's no motivation to do so.
That's the basic logic, I'll try to find the text but can't promise.