“Enthusiasm for the universe, in knowing as well as in creating, also answers the question of doubt and meaninglessness. Doubt is the necessary tool of knowledge. And meaninglessness is no threat so long as enthusiasm for the universe and for man as its center is alive.” MenWellsLongUniverseAnswersKnowingDoubtAliveCreatingToolsThreatEnthusiasmMeaninglessness Book:The Courage To Be Source: The Courage To Be
“My legal wife is to me dead; the only ecclesiastical authority I recognise pronounces me free; the attacks and threats of men do not disturb me. I am acting according to a clear conscience, and am doing hurt to no man. For my conduct, I will answer to my maker.” MenHurtAnswersActingClearWifeAuthorityConscienceThreatMakersRecogniseClear Conscience Author:William the Silent
“People minus space equals Poverty ... What is living for? If the answer is a life of dignity, decency and opportunity, then every increase in population means a decrease in all three. The crowd is a threat to every single being.” PeopleIfsMeanThreeOpportunityGrowthSpaceAnswersPovertyDignityIncreaseThreatPopulationCrowdsDecencyDecreaseMinusPopulation Growth Author:Marya Mannes
“The only acceptable response to the threat of lethal violence is immediate and savage counterattack. If you resist, you just may get killed. If you don't resist you almost certainly will get killed. It is a tough choice, but there is only one right answer.” IfsMayChoicesAnswersViolenceToughThreatResponseAcceptableSavagesRight AnswersTough Choices Author:Jeff Cooper
“Where do whites fit in the New Africa? Nowhere, I'm inclined to sayand I do believe that it is true that even the gentlest and most westernised Africans would like the emotional idea of the continent entirely without the complication of the presence of the white man for a generation or two. But nowhere, as an answer for us whites, is in the same category as remarks like What's the use of living? in the face of the threat of atomic radiation. We are living; we are in Africa.” MenBelieveTwoIdeasUseFacesWhiteAnswersGenerationsEmotionalFitThreatCategoriesRadiationContinentsWhite ManRemarksComplication Author:Nadine Gordimer
“Conflict acting on intelligence creates imagination. Faced with conflict, creatures are forced to imagine what will happen, where the next threat will come from. If there has never been conflict, imagination never develops. Wits arise in answer to danger, to pain, to tragedy. No one ever got smarter eating easy apples.” IfsHappensPainNextEasyImaginationAnswersActingImagineDangerConflictCreaturesEatingTragedyThreatTheatreWitAriseApplesSmarter Book:Sheri S Tepper SF Gateway Omnibus: After Long Silence, Shadow's End, Six Moon Dance Source: Sheri S Tepper SF Gateway Omnibus: After Long Silence, Shadow's End, Six Moon Dance