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“The god on the cross is a curse on life, a signpost to seek redemption from life; Dionysus cut to pieces is a promise of life: it will be eternally reborn and return again from destruction”

Pieces Cutting Return Promise Crosses Destruction Redemption Curse Rebirth Reborn Dionysus Signposts

Book:The Will to Power

Source: The Will to Power

“We are heading towards catastrophe. I think the world is going to pieces. I am very pessimistic. Why? Because the world hasn't been punished yet, and the only punishment that could be adequate is the nuclear destruction of the world.”

Thinking World Pieces Destruction Nuclear Punishment Catastrophe Adequate Headings Pessimistic Nuclear Destruction

Book:Elie Wiesel: Conversations

Source: Elie Wiesel: Conversations

“This [9/11 event] was bloody-minded destruction for no other reason than to do it. Note that there was no claim for these attacks. There were no demands. There were no statements. It was a silent piece of terror. This was part of nothing.”

Reason Pieces Events Demand Destruction Claims Notes Silent Terror Statements Bloody

Author:Edward Said

“Even this nation (the US) will be on the very verge of crumbling to pieces and tumbling to the ground, and when the Constitution is upon the brink of ruin, this people will be the staff upon which the nation shall lean, and they shall bear the Constitution away from the very verge of destruction.”

People Nations Freedom Pieces Bears Destruction Constitution Ruins Staff Verge Crumbling Tumbling

Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.

“Once, during the drinking phase, Wendy had accused him of desiring his own destruction but not possessing the necessary moral fiber to support a full-blown deathwish. So he manufactured ways in which other people could do it, lopping a piece at a time off himself and their family.”

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Book:THE SHINING

Source: THE SHINING

“Every moment of mindfulness means the gradual destruction of latent defilements. It is somewhat like cutting away a piece of wood with a small axe, every stroke helping to get rid of the unwanted fragments of wood.”

Mean Moments Helping Pieces Cutting Mindfulness Destruction Woods Strokes Fragments Unwanted Latent Defilement

Book:Collected Wheel Publications Volume XX: Numbers 296–311

Source: Collected Wheel Publications Volume XX: Numbers 296–311

“For me it's really important that the work here displays an aesthetic of decay along with the sunken boat with the broken ceramic pieces. They form a unity in showing the power of destruction, the beauty of destruction, whether it's from nature - because the boat has sunk - or through other forces. It's really the beauty of decay and death that holds a power here.”

Important Form Force Pieces Broken Destruction Unity Boat Aesthetic Display Decay Ceramics

Author:Cai Guo-Qiang

“The essential act of war is destruction, not necessarily of human lives, but of the products of human labor. War is a way of shattering to pieces, or pouring into the stratosphere, or sinking in the depths of the sea, materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable, and hence, in the long run, too intelligent.”

Way Humans Long War Might Running Used Pieces Sea Materials Products Essentials Comfortable Mass Labor Destruction Intelligent Depth Human Life Long Runs Pouring Sinking Shattering

Book:Animal Farm and 1984

Source: Animal Farm and 1984

“The apparent physical stability of reefs belies an underlying natural turmoil of growth, death and destruction of calcareous organisms. Much like a modern city, reefs are constantly being rebuilt and torn down at the same time. Corals are the bricks, broken pieces of plant and animal skeletons the sand, and algal crusts and chemical cements the mortar. Reef growth is determined by the production, accumulation, and cementation of all this calcareous stuff into solid limestone.”