“Whatever religious people may say about their love of God or the mandates of their religion, when their behavior toward others is violent and destructive, when it causes suffering among their neighbors, you can be sure the religion has been corrupted and reform is desperately needed.” PeopleMayHas BeensReligionSufferingCausesReligiousNeededBehaviorNeighborViolentReformGod LoveDestructiveMandates Author:Charles Kimball
“However destructive may be the policies of the government and the methods and products of the corporations, the root of the problem is always found to be found in private life. We must learn to see that every problem that concerns us as conservationists always leads straight to the question of how we live. The world is being destroyed, no doubt about it, by the greed of the rich and powerful. It is also being destroyed by popular demand.” WorldMayProblemGovernmentFoundPowerfulRichDoubtPolicyProductsDemandConcernRootsMethodGreedDestroyedCorporationsNo DoubtDestructiveConsumerismPrivate LifeOverconsumption Book:Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays Source: Sex, Economy, Freedom & Community: Eight Essays
“It may be that ... when the advance of destructive weapons enables everyone to kill everybody else nobody will want to kill anyone at all. [Referring to the hydrogen bomb.]” WantMayScienceWeaponsDestructionBombsDestructiveReferringHydrogenHydrogen Bomb Author:Winston Churchill
“Chronic negative thinking and the emotions it invokes is, like many destructive behaviors, a form of addiction... it may not be very pleasant, but it's familiar.” ThinkingMayFormEmotionBehaviorNegativeOptimismAddictionFamiliarPleasantDestructiveInvokeNegative ThinkingDestructive Behavior Author:Lauren Mackler