In the final analysis, means and ends must cohere because the end is preexistent in the means, and, ultimately, destructive means cannot bring about constructive ends. —Martin Luther King Jr. More about this quote Tags: war peace destruction Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I am reminded of the story of the teacher who tears to shreds a map of the world and, thinking it an impossible task, gives it to a recalcitrant student to put together. Within ten minutes the boy is back, the task completed. Astounded, the teacher asks him how he did it. The boy replies: "When I turned the pieces over, I found a torn-up man. I put him together, and when I looked at the other side, the world was whole again." —Soozi Holbeche More about this quote Tags: destruction repairing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What have we achieved in mowing down mountain ranges, harnessing the energy of mighty rivers, or moving whole populations about like chess pieces, if we ourselves remain the same restless, miserable, frustrated creatures we were before? To call such activity progress is utter delusion. —Henry Miller More about this quote Tags: delusion progress destruction environmentalism environment restlessness Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We all are learning, modifying, or destroying ideas all the time. Rapid destruction of your ideas when the time is right is one of the most valuable qualities you can acquire. You must force yourself to consider arguments on the other side. —Charlie Munger More about this quote Tags: learning time ideas destruction Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
How would you describe the difference between modern war and modern industry — between, say, bombing and strip mining, or between chemical warfare and chemical manufacturing? The difference seems to be only that in war the victimization of humans is directly intentional and in industry it is accepted as a "trade-off. —Wendell Berry More about this quote Tags: war destruction environmentalism capitalism industry Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A civilization which tends to concentrate wealth and power in the hands of a fortunate few, and to make of others mere human machines, must inevitably evolve anarchy and bring destruction. —Henry George More about this quote Tags: power destruction luck wealth civilization machines anarchy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
To be able to destroy with good conscience, to be able to behave badly and call your bad behavior "righteous indignation" — this is the height of psychological luxury, the most delicious of moral treats. —Aldous Huxley More about this quote Tags: destruction morality psychology indignation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs. —Kenneth Clark More about this quote Tags: war cynicism destruction Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I have no fear of making changes, destroying the image, etc., because the painting has a life of its own. —Jackson Pollock More about this quote Tags: life destruction change art painting Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
What difference does it make to the dead, the orphans, and the homeless whether the mad destruction is wrought under the name of totalitarianism or the holy name of liberty and democracy? —Mahatma Gandhi More about this quote Tags: democracy destruction difference liberty Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Every act of creation is first an act of destruction. —Pablo Picasso More about this quote Tags: destruction creation Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. It's seeing through the facade of pretense. It's the complete eradication of everything we imagined to be true. —Adyashanti More about this quote Tags: truth destruction happiness enlightenment untruth Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email