“We are created by being destroyed.”

“There is no order between created being and non-being, but there is between created and uncreated being.”

“Danger of our culture. We belong to a time in which culture is in danger of being destroyed by the means of culture.”

“With the concept of reincarnation, being offered more chances to repent, we will eventually destroy the idea of heaven and hell.”

“Power is being told you're not loved and not being destroyed by it.”

“We have no shot at creating a thriving human society without seeing the truth. And we can’t create a thriving human society without making this a society that is conducive to people being truthful.”

“Lawsuits destroy community. They destroy trust. They would destroy all the goodwill we've built up over the years by being nice.”

“Just as we teach children to avoid being destroyed by motor cars if they can, so we should teach them to avoid being destroyed by cruel fanatics, and to this end we should seek to produce independence of mind, somewhat sceptical and wholly scientific, and to preserve, as far as possible, the instinctive joy of life that is natural to healthy children. This is the task of a liberal education: to give a sense of the value of things other than domination, to help create wise citizens of a free community, and through the combination of citizenship with liberty in individual creativeness to enable men to give to human life that splendour which some few have shown that it can achieve.”

“You are in constant danger of being destroyed.”

“Birds' songs express joy, beauty, and purity, and evoke in us vitality and love. So many beings in the universe love us unconditionally. The trees, the water, and the air don't ask anything of us; they just love us. Even though we need this kind of love, we continue to destroy them. By destroying the animals, the air, and the trees, we are destroying ourselves.”