A life without a lonely place, that is, without a quiet center, becomes destructive.

The idea of going to school and getting a job is the most destructive one in your brain.

I don't have anyone curbing my instincts, doing anything destructive to my self opinion.

I am not destructive. I cannot do something for my own pleasure that hurts someone else.

Hate is a strong word. It's also very destructive, so no - I don't hate Mark Zuckerberg.

The attitude of 'every nation unto itself' is a destructive one for the future of Israel.

I don't want my kids growing up believing that there is nothing destructive in the world.

Sometimes we equate anger to destructive physical violence, but anger need not be martial.

I think the most destructive thing is fear: when people don't want to say what they think.

Aging is not uncomplicated. Creativity is an extraordinary help against destructive demons.

Fear is destructive. Fear and creativity don't mix. Ultimately, it doesn't do you any good.

Like hatred, jealousy is forbidden by the laws of life because it is essentially destructive.

Producing food to eat is the single most destructive environmental activity humans engage in.

The French, unfortunately, actually believe what they say, and that has been very destructive.

Human nature is potentially aggressive and destructive and potentially orderly and constructive.

The sin that is most destructive in your life right now is the one you are most defensive about.

Ideas have consequences, and totally erroneous ideas are likely to have destructive consequences.

The Internet has become a hate-filled town square with no limits put on destructive verbal behavior.

There were days that I literally had no reason to get out of bed. It just was so destructive for me.

I'm trying to find a way to eat up time without being destructive, 'cause that's my go-to, it seems.

Destructive fear must be stopped in its tracks or it will undermine the life God invites us to live.

You cannot stop destructive actions by others, but you can stop your own destructive reactions to them

I'm working on my relationship with my mother and father, but my upbringing has been very destructive.

The destructive impact of employment tribunal fees, which were introduced in 2013, is by now well known.

I'm a great believer in spontaneity because I think planning is the most destructive thing in the world.

But what is criticism? Criticism is purely destructive; anyone can destroy, but not everyone can build up.

There is peace more destructive of the manhood of living man than war is destructive of his material body.

The thing the Buddhists and the Sufis have in common is a belief that religious certainties are destructive.

Christians were regarded as separated from society and therefore destructive of the Greco-Roman way of life.

Words are so awesome. Words are containers for power. They carry either creative power or destructive power.

I've really carelessly gotten out of relationships that were incredibly destructive instead of being honest.

Limiting the destructive risk-taking by large financial firms and banks which are 'too big to fail' is needed.

The autocracies of the Arab world have been as economically destructive as they've been politically repressive.

I am convinced that policies meant to reduce alleged carbon dioxide-induced global warming will be destructive.

According to Mr. Obama, exceptionalism is so yesterday, an uncool, antiquated and ultimately destructive notion.

Agriculture is the most destructive industry that we have. More than coal mining and other extractive industries.

The manager sets a tone for that work group. The average-to-mediocre manager can set a very destructive tone, too.

Success can be destructive to the creative process. I say it all the time: success is as dangerous as total failure.

When you learn how much bycatch comes from shrimp [and how destructive it is] - I'm not going to eat shrimp anymore.

Belief is such a powerful thing - but because it is, it can also be very destructive and it's very easily manipulated.

Really, the ocean itself - that's really the thing that we're up against, the most destructive environment on the planet.

I actually found it very moving how destructive depression is. I was really saddened by this burden people have to handle.

The global jihad movement ideology is a destructive religious cult. It is so un-Islamic that it is virtually anti-Islamic.

I was always performing, doing silly voices. The teachers realized I could go one of two ways: be creative or destructive.

The methods by which a trade union can alone act, are necessarily destructive; its organization is necessarily tyrannical.

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

The destructive character lives from the feeling, not that life is worth living, but that suicide is not worth the trouble.

Our material eye cannot see that a stupid chauvinism is driving us from one noisy, destructive, futile agitation to another.

Nothing is more destructive of respect for the government and the law of the land than passing laws which cannot be enforced.

Tension can be useful, exciting, flirtatious, strength-building, or destructive. Put yourself in charge of how you direct it.

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