Annihilation quotes
21 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
"For every one billion particles of antimatter there were one billion and one particles of matter. And when the mutual annihilation was complete, one billionth remained - and that's our present universe."
"Calculating selfishness is the annihilation of self."
"The search "Who am I"...ends in the annihilation of the illusory "I" and the Self which remains over will be as clear as a gooseberry in the palm of one's hand."
"it is only to the extent that we are willing to expose ourselves again and again to annihilation that we are able to find that part of ourselves that is indestructible."
"The mind is international and supra-national ... it ought to serve not war and annihilation, but peace and reconciliation."
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"Never befuddle a solitary thrashing with a last annihilation."
"Nature abhors annihilation. [Lat., Ab interitu naturam abhorrere.]"
"Innovation for holders of conventional wisdom is not novelty but annihilation."
