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“The passion for destruction is also a creative passion.”
Mikhail Bakunin
“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 or democracy?”
Mohandas Gandhi
“Destruction, hence, like creation, is one of Nature's mandates.”
Marquis De Sade
“Na Hanyate Hanyamane Sarire""Consciousness is eternal it is not vanquished with the destruction of the temporary body”
Bhagavad Gita
“To attempt the destruction of our passions is the height of folly. What a noble aim is that of the zealot who tortures himself like a madman in order to desire nothing, love nothing, feel nothing, and who, if he succeeded, would end up a complete monster!”
Denis Diderot
“He who fears is literally delivered to destruction.”
Howard Thurman
“All my humor is based upon destruction and despair. If the whole world were tranquil, without disease and violence, I'd be standing on the breadline right in back of J. Edgar Hoover.”
Lenny Bruce
“The roaring of lions, the howling of wolves, the raging of the stormy sea, and the destructive sword, are portions of eternity too great for the eye of man.”
William Blake
“All futurity seems teeming with endless destruction never to be repelled; Desperate remorse swallows the present in a quenchless rage.”
“We have it. The smoking gun. The evidence. The potential weapon of mass destruction we have been looking for as our pretext of invading Iraq. There's just one problem - it's in North Korea.”
Jon Stewart
