We can destroy ourselves by cynicism and disillusion, just as effectively as by bombs.

I'm not ready to let the youthful part of myself go yet. If maturity means becoming a cynic, if you have to kill the part of yourself that is naive and romantic and idealistic - the part of you that you treasure most - to claim maturity, is it not better to die young but with your humanity intact?

We are effectively destroying ourselves by violence masquerading as love.

A mill of this size, pumping toxins into the water on this beautiful coastline, will effectively destroy the tourism and fishing industry for hundreds of miles. The waves on this coast are considered by many surfers to be some of the best in the world. If the mill goes in, with the current lack of environmental standards that exists in Chile, the water will certainly become too toxic to swim in or surf in.

Ruthless, greedy, tyrannical, disreputable they have had one principle worth all the rest, the principle of delight!

All great civilizations, in their early stages, are based on success in war