“We cannot but feel uneasy about the losses caused by humanity themselves. Apart from the losses of life and property in destructive wars, the environment and natural resources are also being destroyed by human hands.” FeelsHumansWarHandsHumanityNaturalLossEnvironmentResourcesPropertyDestroyedDestructiveNatural ResourcesUneasyHuman Hands Author:Nong ?uc Manh
“The daimonic is any natural function which has the power to take over the whole person. Sex and eros, anger and rage, and the craving for power are examples. The daimonic can be either creative or destructive and is normally both.” PersonsWholeSexNaturalCreativeExampleFunctionRageDestructiveCravingErosWhole Person Book:Love and will Source: Love and will
“We are members of the most destructive culture ever to exist. Our assault on the natural world, on indigenous and other cultures, on women, on children, on all of us through the possibility of nuclear suicide and other means--all these are unprecedented in their magnitude and ferocity.” WorldMeanChildrenCultureNaturalPossibilityMembersSuicideNuclearDestructiveAssaultIndigenousNatural WorldUnprecedentedMagnitudeOther CulturesFerocity Book:Listening to the Land: Conversations about Nature, Culture and Eros Source: Listening to the Land: Conversations about Nature, Culture and Eros
“It is the principle of sin, rebellion against God and His truth which has brought about birth defects and other destructive natural occurrences.” NaturalSinPrinciplesBirthDestructiveRebellionDefectsBirth DefectsRebellion Against God Author:E.W. Jackson
“The all American work ethic, destructive enough by itself, also packs a gender double standard that strip-mines the natural resources of both parents. It has taught us that as their earnings and success increase, men become "more manly," while women become "less feminine." This perverse cultural dynamic gives fathers an incentive to stay away from their families and kill themselves at work, while coercing mothers to limit their career commitment, which in turn limits their wages and shortchanges their families.” MenGivingEnoughMotherTurnsFatherParentWomenNaturalCareersMinesTaughtLimitsStandardsEthicsCommitmentResourcesIncreaseGenderDestructiveFemininePacksEarningWagesWork EthicIncentivesNatural ResourcesManlyTaught UsDouble Standard Author:Letty Cottin Pogrebin