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Empathy is a powerful force that can drive both altruistic and destructive behavior.

From Behave: The Biology of Humans at Our Best and Worst by Robert Sapolsky

#empathy#altruism#destruction#human-nature#psychology
The physicists had unleashed a force that could destroy the world.

From The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes

#power#destruction#science
The atomic bomb made the prospect of future war more terrible than any war that had ever been fought.

From The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes

#war#fear#destruction
The pursuit of beauty can lead to both creation and destruction.

From Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World by Aja Raden

#beauty#pursuit#creation#destruction
Civilizations are like children; they need nurturing but can turn destructive.

From The Three-Body Problem by Cixin Liu

#civilization#growth#destruction
A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.

From The Lessons of History by Will and Ariel Durant

#civilization#self-destruction#history#philosophy
The Dead Sea Scrolls were hidden in caves to protect them from destruction.

From The Dead Sea Scrolls: A Very Short Introduction by Timothy Lim

#protection#destruction#history#survival