A Quote by Toni Morrison

Isolation, you know, carries the seeds of its own destruction because as times change, other things seep in.

Toni Morrison

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Because Carries Change Destruction Isolation Know Other Own Seeds Things Times

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Toni Morrison
American - Novelist
February 18, 1931 - August 5, 2019

For me, love carries the seeds of its own destruction.

Marvin Gaye

Governments do not know what they cannot do until after they cease to be governments. Each government carries the seeds of its own destruction.

Frank Herbert

Inflexibility is the worst human failing. You can learn to check impetuosity, overcome fear with confidence and laziness with discipline. But for rigidity of mind, there is no antidote. It carries the seeds of its own destruction.

Anton Myrer

Truth has within it the seeds of its own victory; Lies have within them the seeds of their own destruction.

Randall Terry

Every civilization carries the seeds of its own destruction, and the same cycle shows in them all. The Republic is born, flourishes, decays into plutocracy, and is captured by the shoemaker whom the mercenaries and millionaires make into a king. The people invent their oppressors, and the oppressors serve the function for which they are invented.

Mark Twain

Dull, inert cities, it is true, do contain the seeds of their own destruction and little else. But lively, diverse, intense cities contain the seeds of their own regeneration, with energy enough to carry over for problems and needs outside themselves.

Jane Jacobs

I don't think anybody who carries a rifle carries the future. Because I don't believe that you can really change the world by killing and shooting. You have the change it by creating and competing.

Shimon Peres

You are the most dangerous kind of female the world can ever know. You carry the seeds for your own destruction and the destruction of everyone who loves you. And a great many will love you for your beautiful face for your seductive body; but you will fail them all because you will believe they all fail you first. You are an idealist of the worst kind - the romantic idealist. Born to destroy and self destruct.

Virginia C. Andrews

More than any other beauty (though it is true of all beauty except in art) passion seems to me to have the seeds of its own destruction in it.

May Sarton

I think we all carry the seeds of our own destruction. You really have to be aware that just because something is good, it doesn't mean it's not going to trigger a self-destructive impulse.

Adam Ferrara

Theories of art carry the seeds of their own destruction.

Steven Pinker

No matter how corrupt the Church may become, it carries within it the seeds of its own regeneration.

Dorothy Day

Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.

William Inge

Individuality is different than isolation. Isolation is trying to do everything on your own, living life by yourself. Isolation happens when you choose not to be involved in any communities, making sure you keep a safe distance from people in your life. I’m not recommending isolation. Science, psychology, and religion all suggest long term isolation is dangerous and unhealthy.