Be the flame, not the moth.
Giacomo CasanovaTags: passion self-destruction
Be led by your talent, not by your self-loathing; those other things you just have to manage.
Russell BrandTags: talent russell-brand self-destruction
I suddenly realized. The zebra. It is not something outside of us. The zebra is something inside of us. Our fears. Our own self-destructive nature. The zebra is the worst part of us when we are face-to-face with our worst times. The demon is us!
Garth SteinTags: fear demons self-destruction
Thou hast but enraged, not insulted me, sir; but for that I ask thee not to beware of Starbuck; thou wouldst but laugh; but let Ahab beware of Ahab; beware of thyself, old man.
Herman MelvilleTags: self-destruction
Having a low opinion of yourself is not 'modesty.' It's self-destruction. Holding your uniqueness in high regard is not 'egotism.' It's a necessary precondition to happiness and success.
Bobbe SommerTags: success happiness unique opinion modesty egotism regard self-destruction precondition sef
Luckily, even as a young man not yet become himself, John Bridgens had two things besides indecision that kept him from self-destruction - books and a sense of irony.
Dan SimmonsTags: books salvation irony self-destruction
Freeways flickering; cell phones chiming a tune
We're riding to Utopia; road map says we'll be arriving soon
Captains of the old order clinging to the reins
Assuring us these aches inside are only growing pains
But it's a long road out of Eden
(...)
Behold the bitten apple, the power of the tools
But all the knowledge in the world is of no use to fools
And it's a long road out of Eden
Tags: civilization materialism utopia eden self-destruction
One could only damage oneself through the harm one did to others. One could never get directly at oneself.
Jean-Paul SartreTags: self-destruction
Sometimes you hit a point where you either change or self destruct.
Sam StevensTags: change self-destruction
In order to understand, I destroyed myself.
Fernando PessoaTags: self-destruction
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