Destructive Quotes

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Ordinary people, simply doing their jobs, and without any particular hostility on their part, can become agents in a terrible destructive process. Moreover, even when… — Stanley Milgram
Judging oneself to be inferior to other people was one of the worst acts of pride because it was the most destructive way of being… — Paulo Coelho
There is no glory in honesty if it is destructive. And no shame in dishonesty if its goal is to offer grace. — M.J. Rose
Humans are capable of so much creativity and goodness and at the same time they are destructive and cruel. (Leta) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Sometimes we donâ€™t realize how destructive our creations are until itâ€™s too late. And sometimes those creations we make turn on us and seek only… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Only in our darkest hour do we find the light. Humans are destructive by nature. The world is lacking balance. Terrors are beginning to triumph… — Amelia Atwater-Rhodes
The important task of literature is to free man, not to censor him, and that is why Puritanism was the most destructive and evil force… — Anais Nin
I believe in work. If somebody doesn't create something, however small it may be, he gets sick. An awful lot of people feel that they're… — Arthur Miller
The illness of a doctor is always worse than the illnesses of his patients.The patients only feel, but the doctor, as well as feeling, has… — Maxim Gorky
It seems to me there is less meanness in atheism, by a good measure. It seems that the spirit of religious self-righteousness this article deplores… — Marilynne Robinson
The Symbol of all Art is the Prism. The goal is destructive. To break up the white light of objective realism into the secret glories… — E E Cummings
I don't want to point out her flaws, but if I see her going on a self-destructive path, isn't it up to me as her… — Simone Elkeles
I believe that human brilliance manifests itself only in flashes, among rare individuals. For this reason, humanity as a whole is enormously destructive: the creation… — Pentti Linkola
She wasn't as destructive as Bee. She had never been as dramatic. Rather, she'd slipped carefully, stealthily away from her ghosts. — Ann Brashares
Surely, if it is the right of the people to "alter or abolish," it is their right to criticize, even severely, policies they believe destructive… — Howard Zinn
The Destructive Arts are exactly like Martial Arts, except they don't have uniforms or usefulness and the end result doesn't resemble art in any way. — Jim Benton
and so will the world end, I think, a victim of love rather than hate. For love's ever been the more destructive weapon, sure. — Stephen King
When we deny the spiritual dimension to our existence, we end up living like animals. And when we deny the physical, sexual dimension to our… — Rob Bell
Part of abandoning the all-or-nothing mentality is allowing yourself room for setbacks. We are bound to have lapses on the road to health and wellness,… — Jillian Michaels
We are all prone to brood on the evil done us. That brooding becomes as a gnawing and destructive canker. Is there a virtue more… — Gordon B. Hinckley

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