The city has always been an embodiment of hope and a source of feeling guilt; a dream pursued, and found vain, wanting,… — Jonathan Raban Copy Share Image
Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must… — Margaret J. Wheatley Copy Share Image
The result of civilization, at the Sandwich Islands and elsewhere, is found productive to the civilizers, destructive to the civilizees. It is… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
Alteration is a constructive act, not a destructive one, and it's the opposite of most of our impulses. — Dario Robleto Copy Share Image
Give me the judgment of balanced minds in preference to laws every time. Codes and manuals create patterned behavior. All patterned behavior… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
I've rarely done anything that's overtly self-destructive without consciously knowing what I'm doing. And then of course, the astute journalist jumps forward… — Billy Corgan Copy Share Image
Those whose purpose does not match yours are not wrong; they have their mission, and finding their own purposeful way may involve… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
Even the most sadistic and destructive man is human, as human as the saint. — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
There may have been a time when war served as a negative good by preventing the spread and growth of an evil… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
I never could figure out how those people like Bukowski could be both carousers and writers at the same time, because to… — Dan Chaon Copy Share Image
For there is another kind of violence, slower but just as deadly, destructive as the shot or the bomb in the night.… — Robert Kennedy Copy Share Image
Put your energy into building what is creative, valuable and empowering. And you won't have to constantly fight against what is destructive… — Ralph Marston Copy Share Image
Children are a house's enemy. They don't mean to be - they just can't help it. It's their enthusiasm, their energy, their… — Delia Ephron Copy Share Image
To be sure, the Fair Tax is a big idea. However, I believe America was built on big ideas, and I was… — Rob Woodall Copy Share Image
I would like to suggest to you that the extent to which government in America has departed from the original design of… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
The biggest thing is separation from family. It's a huge burden to carry and destructive in a lot of ways. — Isaac Wright Jr Copy Share Image
I don't find any kind of tension very productive, I find it destructive, actually. — Shirley Manson Copy Share Image
When you look at other countries that are developing the capabilities and the technology to deploy missiles of very significant destructive capability… — Don Nickles Copy Share Image
It's unnecessary and destructive to think of oneself at all. People ask me, 'What do you think of yourself as?' My answer… — Paul Bowles Copy Share Image
Guilt is just as powerful, but its influence is positive, while shame's is destructive. Shame erodes our courage and fuels disengagement. — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
I truly believe that forgiveness is the fast track to greater love and it's the path that can really heal all. We… — Marci Shimoff Copy Share Image
I no longer believe the conservative message that children are naturally selfish and destructive creatures who need civilizing by hierarchies or painful… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
