I'm not trying to take Cate Blanchett down.
… a better hand at pulling down than building.
Every human action, whether it has become positive or negative, must depend on motivation.
The sinner sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action.
Let's do to Hoover what he does to others.
Books cannot teach God, but they can destroy ignorance; their action is negative.
It's easy to break things. Much, much easier, it seems, than building them.
Don't pay back in kind, pay back in kindness. If someone does wrong by you, do right by them.
To oblige a friend by inflicting an injury on his enemy is often more easy than to confer a benefit on the friend himself.
Instant Karma is going to get you.
A well ordered society would be one where the State only had a negative action, comparable to that of a rudder: a light pressure at the right moment to counteract the first suggestion of any loss of equilibrium.
Non-co-operation in itself is unnatural, vicious and sinful.
Obviously, I'm against bullying, but it does happen.
Nothing should be done for spite's sake.
I don't think anyone sets out to be the evil villain.
If someone has been bad to me, I believe in being good to that person. It's my way of getting back. Because that person is going to feel guilty about it.
Any action that arises out of stress is of low quality, and it contributes to human suffering. You are making yourself and others suffer.
A wrong concept misleads the understanding; a wrong deed degrades the whole man, and may eventually demolish the structure of the human ego.
I mean, taking photographs is a very nasty thing to do. It's very cruel.
Every action that helps us manifest our divine nature more and more is good; every action that retards it is evil.