Clear Quote by Pema Chodron

When we fill our souls up with creativity, artistry and intelligence ...we have a better chance at avoiding the behavior that leads to destruction.

— Rick DellaRatta

When we don’t put the brakes on our self-absorption, we have nothing stopping us from total self-destruction. We become the fruits of our actions.

— Zeena Schreck

What destroys us most effectively is not a malign fate but our own capacity for self-deception and for degrading our own best self.

— George Eliot

Self-destructive patterns cause as much suffering as outer catastrophes.

— Anais Nin

Without compassion, we will never know anyone or anything, not even our own story. Too much judgment, too many ideas and attitudes will stand…

— Deena Metzger

destructiveness comes only when life isn't lived. People who can live their lives don't destroy themselves.

— Pearl S. Buck

“Being cut off from our own natural self-compassion is one of the greatest impairments we can suffer. Along with our ability to feel our…

— Gabor Maté

There is consequence of our forgetting who we are. Forgetting that we're able to create our environment, from our health to economy to war.…

— Alanis Morissette

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

— Alison Bechdel

“The negative patterns that form as a result of this self defeating behaviour actually symbolize the negative belief that we nurture.”

— Stephen Richards

“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

I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it…

— Adam Ferrara