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54 Own Destruction quotes by 46 unique authors

The so-called consumer society and the politics of corporate capitalism have created a second nature of man which ties him libidinally and aggressively to the… — Herbert Marcuse
You are the most dangerous kind of female the world can ever know. You carry the seeds for your own destruction and the destruction of… — Virginia C. Andrews
I knew that there had been times in the past-terrible times-when people had destroyed others in haste,in fear, and had brought about their own destruction — Lois Lowry
Your reason and your passion are your rudder and sails of your seafaring soul, if either your sails or your rudder be broken, you can… — Khalil Gibran
What did it avail to pray when he knew his soul lusted after its own destruction? — James Joyce
Happiness is a state of non-contradictory joy--a joy without penalty or guilt, a joy that does not clash with any of your values and does… — Ayn Rand
For Reason, ruling alone, is a force confining; and Passion, unattended, is a flame that burns to its own destruction. — Khalil Gibran
At the most we gaze at it in wonder, a kind of wonder which in itself is a form of dawning horror, for somehow we… — W G Sebald
I know not what to call this, nor will I urge that it is a secret, overruling decree, that hurries us on to be the… — Daniel Defoe
People who shut their eyes to reality simply invite their own destruction, and anyone who insists on remaining in a state on innocence long after… — James A. Baldwin
A person does not lightly elect to oppose his society. One would much rather be at home among one's compatriots than be mocked and detested… — James A. Baldwin
Even then, more than a year earlier, there were neurons in her head, not far from her ears, that were being strangled to death, too… — Lisa Genova
Don't interfere!" The Doctor silenced her angrily. "I cannot will my own destruction. — Peter Grimwade
You see, evil always contains the seeds of its own destruction. It is ultimately negative, and therefore encompasses its downfall even at its moments of… — Neil Gaiman
I once had a patient who used to practice the most horrible tortures on himself, and when I asked him why he did such things,… — Joanne Greenberg
The person who takes every opportunity to "pick on" others is often mistakenly called "sadistic". In reality, this person is a misdirected masochist who is… — Anton Szandor LaVey
B.O.Y. means ‘Beware of You’… Be aware of your power. We have the choice to live positively or in our own destruction. — Hayley Williams
I see little hope for democracy as an effective form of government, but I admire the poetry of how it makes its victims complicit in… — Eliezer Yudkowsky
We all live under the constant threat of our own annihilation. Only by the most outrageous violation of ourselves have we achieved our capacity to… — R. D. Laing
Some day soon, reaper, your mouth is going to be the source of your own destruction." "That does seem likely, doesn’t it?" Tod glanced at… — Rachel Vincent
Once, during the drinking phase, Wendy had accused him of desiring his own destruction but not possessing the necessary moral fiber to support a full-blown… — Stephen King
For your own good is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction. — Janet Frame
There exists among the intolerable degraded, the perverse and powerful desire to force into the arena of the actual those fantastic crimes of which they… — James A. Baldwin
We must confront this Zionist entity. All ties of all kinds must be severed with this plundering criminal entity, which is supported by America and… — Mohammed Morsi
For not only every democracy, but certainly every republic, bears within itself the seeds of its own destruction. — Robert W. Welch, Jr.

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