An honest, sincerely stated compliment helps to build character; criticism destroys it.
The industrial world destroys nature not because it doesn’t love it but because it is not afraid of it.
The lack of work destroys people.
True beauty is something that attacks, overpowers, robs, and finally destroys.
I believe that the development of language - of naming, categorization, conceptualization - destroys our ability to see as we age.
The power of art is as powerful as weapons of mass destruction; it's just where war destroys, art inspires. But in order to inspire, you need to react to it. And, if it doesn't penetrate your mind, you can't react to it.
Liberty produces wealth, and wealth destroys liberty.
Honesty is the mother of confidence; it unites, combines and solidifies society. Dishonesty is disintegration; it destroys confidence; it brings social chaos. . . .
Faith builds, cynicism destroys.
"A real work of art destroys, in the consciousness of the receiver, the separation between himself and the artist. "
Giving into anger destroys the soul.
the beast is the monster that destroys your dream
There's no way to know what makes one thing happen and not another. What leads to what. What destroys what. What causes what to flourish or die or take another course.
Habit is the second nature which destroys the first.