It is the acquisition of skills in particular, irrespective of their utility, that is potent in making life meaningful. Since man has no inborn skills, the survival of the species has depended on the ability to acquire and perfect skills. Hence the mastery of skills is a uniquely human activity and yields deep satisfaction.
Learning is not compulsory. Neither is survival.
There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.
When I played ball, I didn't play for fun... It's no pink tea, and mollycoddles had better stay out. It's a contest and everything that implies, a struggle for supremacy, a survival of the fittest.
Even memory is not necessary for love. There is a land of the living and a land of the dead and the bridge is love, the only survival, the only meaning.
Survival is nothing more than recovery.
The more we exploit nature, The more our options are reduced, until we have only one: to fight for survival.
Moderation is the secret of survival.
In a world where change is inevitable and continuous, the need to achieve that change without violence is essential for survival.
It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.
The rhythm of life is intricate but orderly, tenacious but fragile. To keep that in mind is to build the key to survival.
The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.
The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness, and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival.
The planet's survival has become so uncertain that any effort, any thought that presupposes an assured future amounts to a mad gamble.
Nothing will benefit human health and increase chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet.
Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory there is no survival.
Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiestâthen we can all die laughing.