Self Destructiveness Quotes

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Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine. - Ralph Waldo Emerson quote.
Most of the shadows of this life are caused by our standing in our own sunshine.
Misfortunes one can endure—they come from outside, they are accidents.  But to suffer for one's own faults—ah! There is the sting of life. - Oscar Wilde quote.
Misfortunes one can endure—they come from outside, they are accidents.  But to suffer for one's own faults—ah! There is the sting of life.

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We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction. - Aesop quote.
We often give our enemies the means for our own destruction.
Yet is every man his own greatest enemy, and as if were his own executioner. - Sir Thomas Browne quote.
Yet is every man his own greatest enemy, and as if were his own executioner.
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within. - Cervantes quote.
Our greatest foes, and whom we must chiefly combat, are within.
When the beginnings of self-destruction enter the heart it seems no bigger than a grain of sand. - John Cheever quote.
When the beginnings of self-destruction enter the heart it seems no bigger than a grain of sand.
Self-destructive patterns cause as much suffering as outer catastrophes. - Anaïs Nin quote.
Self-destructive patterns cause as much suffering as outer catastrophes.