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“There is no cruelty so inexorable and unrelenting as that which proceeds from a bigoted and presumptuous supposition of doing service to God. The victim of the fanatical persecutor will find that the stronger the motives he can urge for mercy are, the weaker will be his chance for obtaining it, for the merit of his destruction will be supposed to rise in value in proportion as it is effected at the expense of every feeling both of justice and of humanity.”

Source: Lacon: Or, Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think

“There is something evocative about the idea of destruction. This act of destruction is the expression of an idea... that what we call reality is not real at all. When I draw a head, for example, I immediately feel an urge to destroy it, to erase it, because the drawing only captures an outward appearance, and for me the vital issue is what lies behind the visual form of the head.”

Feels Ideas Real Reality Form Lying Behinds Issues Example Expression Draws Destruction Appearance Drawing Visuals Urges Capture Erase Outward Appearance

Author:Antoni Tapies

“Altruism is masked self-interest. Aggressive self-interest is a masked urge to self-destruction.”

Self Interest Destruction Urges Aggressive Altruism Self Interest Self Destruction

Book:The Forge of God

Source: The Forge of God

“My travels through physics really are the same urges that make me travel through ecology. They are not really different, except that there is an added dimension of seeing ecological destruction and seeing the very life-support system that makes us survive on this planet being destroyed. That makes me do more than just inquire; it compels me to act and to intervene.”

Different Support Seeing Planets Destruction Physics Destroyed Dimensions Urges Ecology Ecological Support Systems

Author:Vandana Shiva

“We often think that "bad" relationships are motivating by self-loathing or a wish for self-destruction, but I think that loving people who hurt us is more tied to a profound and earnest wish to soothe ourselves and recover from older hurts. And I've also found that having empathy for that urge is the best way to move through it, and beyond it.”

People Thinking Way Self Moving Found Wish Hurt Empathy Destruction Profound Best Way Urges Tied Earnest Loathing Self Destruction Self Loathing Bad Relationship

Author:Melissa Febos

“The urge to destroy is also a creative urge.”

Art Creativity Creative Destruction Urges Creation And Destruction

Author:Pablo Picasso

“The urge for destruction is also a creative urge!”

Creative Destruction Urges

Author:Mikhail Bakunin

“I know not what to call this, nor will I urge that it is a secret, overruling decree, that hurries us on to be the instruments of our own destruction, even though it be before us, and that we rush upon it with our eyes open.”

Knows Eye Secret Destruction Instruments Urges Decree

Book:The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner with an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe

Source: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner with an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe

“Five years of destruction and mayhem, lives lost everywhere, shortages of food and fuel and clothing - and the insane mind behind it just urges us all on and on to more destruction. And we all keep playing.”

Years Mind Lost Behinds Five Destruction Insane Five Years Fuel Urges Clothings Shortage Mayhem

Book:Rose Under Fire

Source: Rose Under Fire

“Prime Minister Sharon, Prime Minister Abbas, I urge you today to end the designs of those who seek destruction, annihilation and occupation, and I urge you to have the will and the courage to begin to realize our dreams of peace, prosperity and coexistence.”

Ends Dream Today Realizing Design Destruction Prosperity Ministers Urges Prime Occupation Prime Minister Our Dreams Annihilation Coexistence Peaceful Coexistence Sharon Abba

Author:Abdallah II

“Dear Mr. President: ... We urge you, after consulting with Congress, and consistent with the U.S. Constitution and laws, to take necessary actions (including, if appropriate, air and missile strikes on suspect Iraq sites) to respond effectively to the threat posed by Iraq's refusal to end its weapons of mass destruction programs.”