Destroys Quotes

524 Destroys quotes by 420 unique authors

Secrecy destroys accountability. — Ralph Nader
The atheist . . . destroys the chimeras which afflict the human race, and so leads men back to nature, to experience and to reason. — Baron d'Holbach
This is the reality of nuclear weapons: they may trigger a world war; a war which, unlike previous ones, destroys all of civilization. — Joseph Rotblat
Honesty is the mother of confidence; it unites, combines and solidifies society. Dishonesty is disintegration; it destroys confidence; it brings social chaos. . . . — Robert Green Ingersoll
The way to plan the family is natural family planning, not contraception...This (use of contraceptives) turns the attention to self and so it destroys the… — Mother Teresa
The way to plan the family is natural family planning not contraception. In destroying the power of giving life, through contraception, a husband or wife… — Mother Teresa
The Greeks... labored under the delusion that their democracy was a guarantee of peace and plenty, not realizing that unrestrained majority rule always destroys freedom,… — Henry Grady Weaver
Stubbornness destroys good advice. — Ali ibn Abi Talib
I wonder if I will ever have the strength to hold onto something. Or if I will always be someone who destroys. — Ally Condie
Sanity is the lot of those who are most obtuse, for lucidity destroys one's equilibrium: it is unhealthy to honestly endure the labors of the… — Georges Bataille
Russia doesn't negotiate with terrorists. It destroys them. — Vladimir Putin
The earth destroys its fools, but the intelligent destroy the earth. — Khalid ibn al-Walid
The only form of revolution beneficial to the people is one which destroys the entire state to the roots and exterminates all the state traditions,… — Sergey Nechayev
I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth. The truth is not uplifting; it destroys. I could tell most of the… — Boyd K. Packer
He who loves community destroys community; he who loves the brethren builds community. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The fear of infinity is a form of myopia that destroys the possibility of seeing the actual infinite, even though it in its highest form… — Georg Cantor
Religion converts despair, which destroys, into resignation, which submits. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington
The creature that wins against its environment destroys itself. — Gregory Bateson
All the seven deadly sins are self destroying, morbid appetites, but in their early stages at least, lust and gluttony, averice and sloth know some… — Angus Wilson
Craving clarity, we attempt to eliminate the risk of trusting God. Fear of the unknown path stretching ahead of us destroys childlike trust in the… — Brennan Manning
'Smart growth' destroys the environment. 'Dumb growth' destroys the environment. The only difference is that 'smart growth' does it with good taste. It's like booking… — Albert Allen Bartlett
One thing is clear to me, that no indulgence of passion destroys the spiritual nature so much as respectable selfishness. — George MacDonald
Fear destroys intimacy. It distances us from each other; or makes us cling to each other, which is the death of freedom.... Only love can… — William Sloane Coffin
The chief problem with television is that, for those who watch it consistently, it undermines and eventually destroys the ability to think. This is because… — James Montgomery Boice
In the beginning war looks and feels like love. But unlike love it gives nothing in return but an ever-deepening dependence, like all narcotics, on… — Chris Hedges

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