#destroyed

One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed. ↗

— Maimonides

#balance #deed #destroyed #does #equal

I didn't feel like going any further in this scene with the boy. He was not a professional actor, and if I had pushed the scene any further it would have destroyed the tone of the movie. ↗

— Louis Malle

#any #boy #destroyed #feel #further

The gross heathenism of civilization has generally destroyed nature, and poetry, and all that is spiritual. ↗

— John Muir

#destroyed #generally #gross #nature #poetry

The Germanic invasions destroyed neither the Mediterranean unity of the ancient world, nor what may be regarded as the truly essential features of the Roman culture as it still existed in the 5th century, at a time when there was no longer an Emperor in the West. ↗

— Henri Pirenne

#century #culture #destroyed #emperor #essential

Passion, you see, can be destroyed by a doctor. It cannot be created. ↗

— Peter Shaffer

#cannot #created #destroyed #doctor #passion

Rock'n'roll has to be destroyed and rebuilt in my name if it's ever gonna accomplish anything. ↗

— GG Allin

#anything #destroyed #ever #gonna #name

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions. ↗

— Roger Babson

#character #conditions #demand #destroyed #good