Evil can be opposed without being mirrored. Oppressors can be resisted without being emulated. Enemies can be neutralized without being destroyed.
Never did he once consider directing his hatred toward the hunters. Such an emotion would have destroyed him. . . His subconscious knew what his min did not guess-that hating them would have consumed him, burned him up like a piece of soft coal, leaving only flakes of ash and a question mark of smoke.
In order to understand, I destroyed myself.
Pride fills me. I am sick with the pride that destroyed me.
My heart is moved by all I cannot save: so much has been destroyed I have to cast my lot with those who age after age, perversely, with no extraordinary power, reconstitute the world.
The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.
The longer you wait, the less fun. If you wait until the bitter end, the whole economy can be destroyed.
Freedom can be destroyed, not just by its retraction, but also by its abuse.
Power has destroyed many people - not really. Power doesn't destroy anyone. People apply it poorly and it can ruin their lives. Power is like fire. Fire is neither good nor bad. It's how you use it.
I really feel that the Church leaders have blood on their hands. I feel that there are gay Mormons who have committed suicide or whose lives have been destroyed because of the attitude of the Church.
Once we destroyed the Saddam regime, we knew there was going to be a civil war.
Blessed are they whose bodies get destroyed in the service of others.
We cannot but feel uneasy about the losses caused by humanity themselves. Apart from the losses of life and property in destructive wars, the environment and natural resources are also being destroyed by human hands.
Friendship, like love, is destroyed by long absence, though it may be increased by short intermissions.
Once destroyed, nature's beauty cannot be repurchased at any price
We should invest in people not ideas. A good idea is often destroyed by bad people and good people can always make a bad idea better.