The essence of our nature is to give birth, not to destroy. To create. We see this in the love of mother and child and in the love of artist for his or her art. The dilemma is that the very powers we possess for creativity can just as easily become employed to destroy with.


Creativity (New York: Penguin, 2002), ch. one.

Matthew Fox Quotes

The essence of our nature is to give birth, not to destroy. To create. We see this in the love of mother and child and in the love of artist for his...

The essence of our nature is to give birth, not to destroy. To create. We see this in the love of mother and child and in the love of artist for his...

The essence of our nature is to give birth, not to destroy. To create. We see this in the love of mother and child and in the love of artist for his...

The essence of our nature is to give birth, not to destroy. To create. We see this in the love of mother and child and in the love of artist for his...