…If one who slays one is a murderer then he who slays a thousand is not a hero,' said Lalu.
Mulk Raj AnandStichwörter: truth pain deception reality war army destruction soldier
Because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we all have become lazy. Lazy people are like cancer. They spread. Before you know it, the entire country is destroyed.
Tahir ShahStichwörter: laziness destruction work-ethic life-and-living-life-lessons
The ants are bad" The Bear
"the ants?"Tahir
"Do not be fooled. They look very small, so harm you don't think of then at all. Then years. Then one day you wake up, and your home has fallen down." Osman.
Stichwörter: ignorance destruction ants
You have to love someone completely to be willing to destroy them.
Deanna RaybournStichwörter: love destruction
Beauty is transformed over time, and not without destruction.
Terry Tempest WilliamsStichwörter: beauty destruction transformation redemption sanctification death-to-life
The passion for destruction is also a creative passion
Mikhail BakuninStichwörter: passion destruction
I wanted myself. I wouldn't let what was mine be destroyed.
Stephenie MeyerStichwörter: destruction myself mine
And so we know the satisfaction of hate. We know the sweet joy of revenge. How it feels good to get even. Oh, that was a nice idea Jesus had. That was a pretty notion, but you can't love people who do evil. It's neither sensible or practical. It's not wise to the world to love people who do such terrible wrong. There is no way on earth we can love our enemies. They'll only do wickedness and hatefulness again. And worse, they'll think they can get away with this wickedness and evil, because they'll think we're weak and afraid. What would the world come to?
But I want to say to you here on this hot July morning in Holt, what if Jesus wasn't kidding? What if he wasn't talking about some never-never land? What if he really did mean what he said two thousand years ago? What if he was thoroughly wise to the world and knew firsthand cruelty and wickedness and evil and hate? Knew it all so well from personal firsthand experience? And what if in spite of all that he knew, he still said love your enemies? Turn your cheek. Pray for those who misuse you. What if he meant every word of what he said? What then would the world come to?
And what if we tried it? What if we said to our enemies: We are the most powerful nation on earth. We can destroy you. We can kill your children. We can make ruins of your cities and villages and when we're finished you won't even know how to look for the places where they used to be. We have the power to take away your water and to scorch your earth, to rob you of the very fundamentals of life. We can change the actual day into actual night. We can do these things to you. And more.
But what if we say, Listen: Instead of any of these, we are going to give willingly and generously to you. We are going to spend the great American national treasure and the will and the human lives that we would have spent on destruction, and instead we are going to turn them all toward creation. We'll mend your roads and highways, expand your schools, modernize your wells and water supplies, save your ancient artifacts and art and culture, preserve your temples and mosques. In fact, we are going to love you. And again we say, no matter what has gone before, no matter what you've done: We are going to love you. We have set our hearts to it. We will treat you like brothers and sisters. We are going to turn our collective national cheek and present it to be stricken a second time, if need be, and offer it to you. Listen, we--
But then he was abruptly halted.
Stichwörter: peace revenge creation destruction turn-other-cheek
There is a self-destructive program running in the consciousness of humanity, and we must write a new program.
Bryant McGillStichwörter: consciousness humanity destruction
Knowledge is knowledge whether it teaches you construction or destruction.
M.F. MoonzajerStichwörter: destruction construction
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