Advertising Quote by Noam Chomsky

The instinct of self-preservation in human society, acting almost subconsciously, as do all drives in the human mind, is rebelling against the constantly refined…

— Bertha von Suttner

“Self-seeking is self-destruction”

— James Allen

“People are hurt and afraid at a subtle psychological level—and are therefore self-absorbed, incapable of taking on larger perspectives and incapable of acting upon…

— Hanzi Freinacht

You know, we're really destroying ourselves because we're really making the motivating force of anything we do selfish.

— Ralph Steadman

We produce destructive people by the way we are treating them in childhood.

— Alice Miller

It's our very capacity for self-consciousness that makes us self-destructive!

— Alison Bechdel

“A destructive thought process exists within all of us, and we are plagued to varying degrees by an internal dialogue that is harmful, restrictive,…

— Lisa Firestone

We get trapped and configured in patterns of consumption, patterns of social organization, of education and value systems that don't seem to be feeding…

— James O'Dea

I no longer believe the conservative message that children are naturally selfish and destructive creatures who need civilizing by hierarchies or painful controls. On…

— Gloria Steinem

It becomes increasingly clear that we won’t be free of self-destructive patterns unless we develop a compassionate understanding of what they are.

— Pema Chodron

“things do not look that serious, and the planet could continue as it is for some time. Such evasiveness serves as a licence to…

— Pope Francis

Urging humans to be superhumans, on pain of death and torture, is the urging of terrible self-abasement at their repeated and inevitable failure to…

— Christopher Hitchens