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“All the great and beneficent operations of Nature are produced by slow and often imperceptible degrees. The work of destruction and devastation only is violent and rapid.”

Degrees Destruction Violent Operations Rapids Devastation

Book:Morals and Dogma : Scottish Rite in Freemasonry

Source: Morals and Dogma : Scottish Rite in Freemasonry

“Mankind's self-alienation has reached such a degree that it can experience its own destruction as an aesthetic pleasure of the first order.”

Firsts Self Order Pleasure Virtue Mankind Degrees Destruction Aesthetic Alienation

Author:Jerry Mander

“I come from the Town of Stupidity; it lieth about four degrees beyond the City of Destruction.”

Cities Four Degrees Destruction Towns Intelligence Stupidity

Book:The Pilgrim’s Progress Simplified: Includes Modern Translation, Study Guide, Historical Context, Biography, and Character Index

Source: The Pilgrim’s Progress Simplified: Includes Modern Translation, Study Guide, Historical Context, Biography, and Character Index

“The people of every country are the only safe guardians of their own rights, and are the only instruments which can be used for their destruction. And certainly they would never consent to be so used were they not deceived. To avoid this they should be instructed to a certain degree.”

People Should Country Used Certain Rights Safe Degrees Destruction Instruments Civil Rights Consent Guardian Deceived

Book:Jefferson: Writings

Source: Jefferson: Writings

“Don't accommodate any degree of temptation. Prevent sin and avoid having to deal with its inevitable destruction. So, turn it off! Look away! Avoid it at all costs. Direct your thoughts in wholesome paths. Remember your covenants and be faithful in temple attendance.”

Looks Remember Turns Sin Deals Path Cost Degrees Direct Destruction Temptation Inevitable Faithful Temples Covenant Accommodate Being Faithful Attendance

Author:Dallin H. Oaks

“On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction. In our judgment, it was much more fundamental. It was the removing of a regime that was hostile, that clearly had the intention of constructing weapons systems. ... I think, frankly, that everybody knew the post-war situation was probably going to be more difficult than the war itself. Canada remains alienated from its allies, shut out of the reconstruction process to some degree, unable to influence events. There is no upside to the position Canada took.”

“To one degree or another we all struggle with selfishness. Since it is so common, why worry about selfishness anyway? Because selfishness is really self-destruction in slow motion. No wonder the Prophet Joseph Smith urged, "Let every selfish feeling be not only buried, but annihilated" (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 178). Hence annihilation - not moderation - is the destination! . . . Meekness is the real cure, for it does not merely mask selfishness but dissolves it!”

“In one degree or another we all struggle with selfishness. Since it is so common, why worry about selfishness anyway? Because selfishness is really self-destruction in slow motion.”

Self Common Worry Struggle Degrees Destruction Selfishness Self Destruction Slow Motion

Author:Neal A. Maxwell