“Contrast is the intangible ingredient, the catalyst that makes life exciting. The human mind rejects monotony even to the point of destroying itself in madness, when monotony is forced upon it for too long. ... Contrast gives variety and interest, whether it be in the universe as a whole with its light and darkness, its ceaseless motion and constant change, its creation of worlds and destruction of others.” WorldGivingMindHumansLongWholeLightUniverseInterestDarknessCreationDestructionExcitingMadnessConstantVarietyRejectsIngredientsHuman MindDestroyingContrastLight And DarknessCatalystIntangibleLight And DarkMonotonyCreation Of The World Author:Maren Elwood
“For me, it is as though at every moment the actual world had completely lost its actuality. As though there was nothing there; asthough there were no foundations for anything or as though it escaped us. Only one thing, however, is vividly present: the constant tearing of the veil of appearances; the constant destruction of everything in construction. Nothing holds together, everything falls apart.” WorldMomentsTogetherFallLostOne ThingIllusionDestructionFoundationConstantAppearanceConstructionVeilsFalling ApartActualityEverything Falls Apart Author:Eugene Ionesco
“The seeds of destruction lie in the definition of "chosen-ness" and can easily blossom into bigotry. It's not inevitable but it needs constant care to avoid.” NeedsCareLyingDestructionConstantDefinitionsSeedsChosenInevitableBigotry Author:Toni Morrison
“A human being is a being who is constantly 'under construction,' but also, in a parallel fashion, always in a state of constant destruction.” HumansStatesHuman BeingsFashionDestructionConstantConstructionParallelsParallel UniverseUnder Construction Author:Jose Saramago
“She wanted, with her fickleness, to make my destruction constant; I want, by trying to destroy myself, to satisfy her desire.” WantTryingWantedDesireDestructionConstant Author:Miguel de Cervantes
“We all live under the constant threat of our own annihilation. Only by the most outrageous violation of ourselves have we achieved our capacity to live in relative adjustment to a civilization apparently driven to its own destruction.” CivilizationCapacityDestructionConstantThreatDrivenRelativeViolationAdjustmentOutrageousAnnihilation Author:R. D. Laing
“It is useless to contend with the irresistible power of Time, which goes on continually creating by a process of constant destruction.” ProcessGoes OnCreatingDestructionConstantUselessIrresistible Author:E. T. A. Hoffmann
“Would not the sight of a single enemy airplane be enough to induce a formidable panic? Normal life would be unable to continue under the constant threat of death and imminent destruction.” EnoughWould BeEnemyNormalDestructionSightConstantThreatAviationAirplanePanicNormal LifeFormidableAir PowerAirpower Author:Giulio Douhet
“And by the influence of heat, light, and electrical powers, there is a constant series of changes; matter assumes new forms, the destruction of one order of beings tends to the conservation of another; solution and consolidation, decay and renovation, are connected; and whilst the parts of the system continue in a state of fluctuation and change, the order and harmony of the whole remain unalterable.” MatterStatesWholeLightFormScienceOrderChangeAnimalInfluenceSolutionsDestructionHarmonyConstantAssumingSeriesConnectedSubstanceHeatDecayElectricityConservationElectricalFluctuationConsolidationRenovationElectrical Power Author:Humphry Davy