It is not contrary to reason to prefer the destruction of the whole world to the scratching of my finger.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The world is philosophically booby-trapped; touch an interesting subject, and it just might blow up in your face. Some say it's better not to touch.
Too often, people think that solving the world's problems is based on conquering the earth, rather than touching the earth, touching ground.
When you scratch the surface, every one of us has something that we deeply want to contribute to the world. All we have to do is step up and do it.
The whole world is in my hand, and I will conquer and subjugate the world.
One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.
The poison of selfishness destroys the world.
Morally, the world is both better and worse than it was. We are worse off than in the middle ages, or the 17th and 18th centuries, in that we have the atomic menace.
The smallest pain in our little finger gives us more concern than the destruction of millions of our fellow beings.
You don't want the world destroyed, because, you know, that's where your shoes are.
The least pain in our little finger gives us more concern and uneasiness than the destruction of millions of our fellow-beings.