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“Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction.”

Sides Emotion Wonder Humility Destruction Lust Panacea

Book:Silent Spring

Source: Silent Spring

“There is certainly no single remedy for this condition and I am offering no panacea. But it seems reasonable to believe — and I do believe — that the more clearly we can focus our attention on the wonders and realities of the universe about us the less taste we shall have for the destruction of our race. Wonder and humility are wholesome emotions, and they do not exist side by side with a lust for destruction.”

Source: Lost Woods: The Discovered Writing of Rachel Carson

“It is regarded as normal to consecrate virginity in general and to lust for its destruction in particular.”

Particular Normal Destruction Lust Virginity

Book:Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms

Source: Half-truths & One-and-a-half Truths: Selected Aphorisms

“They that will be rich fall into temptation and a snare, and into many foolish and hurtful lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdition. For the love of money is the root of all evil.”

Men Fall Evil Rich Roots Destruction Foolish Lust Temptation Hurtful Snares Love Of Money Perdition Money Is The Root Of All Evil Resisting Temptation

Author:Paul the Apostle

“How was it that destruction could be so beautiful? Was there something in the scale of it? Was there some shadow in people, lusting for it? Or was it just a coincidental combination of the elements, the final proof that beauty has no moral dimension?”

People Beautiful Beauty Moral Elements Shadow Destruction Finals Proof Scales Lust Combination Dimensions

Book:Red Mars

Source: Red Mars

“Only when we rid ourselves of passions and lust and put the desires of flesh under the control of Spirit, only then we accept the cross and follow Christ. And "withdrawal from the world" is nothing but the destruction of passions and manifestation of the innermost life in Christ.”

World Life Desire Passion Christ Accepting Crosses Destruction Flesh Lust Manifestation Withdrawal

Author:Vladimir Aleksandrovich Antonov

“Evil company is always to be shunned; because it leads to lust and anger, illusion, forgetfulness of the goal, destruction of the will (lack of perseverance), and destruction of everything. (Narada Bhakti Sutra)”

Evil Goal Company Illusion Destruction Anger Perseverance Lust Forgetfulness Bhakti

Author:Swami Vivekananda