“The diseases of the mind are more and more destructive than those of the body. [Lat., Morbi perniciores pluresque animi quam corporis.]” MindBodyDiseaseDestructive Author:Marcus Tullius Cicero
“One of the most wicked destructive forces, psychologically speaking, is unused creative power ... If someone has a creative gift and out of laziness, or for some other reason, doesn't use it, the psychic energy turns to sheer poison. That's why we often diagnose neuroses and psychotic diseases as not-lived higher possibilities.” IfsReasonUseTurnsEnergyForceCreativityPowerCreativePsychologyTalentPossibilityHigherDiseasePoisonWickedDestructiveLazinessSheerGiftedPsychicsInactionDiagnosisNeurosisPsychoticCreative PowerCreativenessInactivityGiftedness Author:Marie-Louise von Franz
“According to a recent study, depression is described as being the disease most destructive to humankind, largely because of the devastation it wreaks on our lives.... Yes, we could set up our minds to ignore our feelings and barricade ourselves from the winds and dust of the brain pattern. And we could become like robots, refusing to consider the passion and joys that could be ours. But then, we also might as well be dead.” MindWellsFeelingsMightJoyPassionBrainStudyOur LivesWindDiseasePatternsDustDestructiveHumankindRobotsDevastationBarricades Author:G. Frank Lawlis
“Fear is the most subtle and destructive of all hueman diseases. Fear kills dreams!” DreamDiseaseDestructiveSubtle Author:Les Brown
“Everything is destroyed by its own particular vice: the destructive power resides within. Rust destroys iron, moths destroy clothes, the worm eats away the wood; but greatest of all evils is envy, impious habitant of corrupt souls, which ever was, is, and shall be a consuming disease.” WarSoulEvilVirtueParticularDiseaseClothesVicesCorruptionWoodsEnvyDestroyedDestructiveIronWormsConsumingProhibitionRustMothsDestructive Power Author:Menander
“If anti-Semitism is a variety of racism, it is a most peculiar variety, with many unique characteristics. In my view as a historian, it is so peculiar that it deserves to be placed in a quite different category. I would call it an intellectual disease, a disease of the mind, extremely infectious and massively destructive.” IfsMindDifferentViewsDiseaseUniqueIntellectualRacismDeserveVarietyCharacteristicsDestructiveCategoriesHistorianPeculiarAnti SemitismUnique Characteristics Author:Paul Johnson
“Destructive criticism is the biggest single enemy of human potential. It is worse than cancer or heart disease. While those diseases can ultimately lead to the deterioration and death of an individual, destructive criticism kills the soul of the person but leaves the body walking around.” HumansHeartPersonsSoulBodyIndividualEnemyWalkingDiseaseCriticismCancerDestructiveHuman PotentialHeart DiseaseDeteriorationDestructive Criticism Author:Brian Tracy
“Fear is the most subtle and destructive of all human diseases.” HumansFearDiseaseDestructiveSubtle Author:Smiley Blanton
“The illness of a doctor is always worse than the illnesses of his patients.The patients only feel, but the doctor, as well as feeling, has a pretty good idea of the destructive effect of the disease on his constitution.This is a case in which knowledge brings death nearer.” FeelsWellsIdeasFeelingsCasesEffectsDiseaseDoctorsConstitutionPatientIllnessDestructiveGood Ideas Author:Maxim Gorky
“The past year's natural disasters have highlighted the invaluable contributions of volunteers in our communities. They have volunteered their time, energy and skills to save lives and to rebuild communities. In this they joined countless people around the world who volunteer every day in response to 'silent crises'. These often unsung heroes understand all too well that poverty, disease and famine are just as deadly and destructive as earthquakes, hurricanes and tsunamis.” PeopleWorldYearsWellsHelpingPastEnergyCommunityNaturalPovertyHeroSkillsDiseaseCrisisSilentResponseHelping OthersDisasterAround The WorldContributionDestructiveVolunteerHurricanesEarthquakesFamineOur CommunityVolunteerismInvaluableSave A LifeNatural DisasterTsunamiUnsung Hero Author:Kofi Annan