“Acceptance is appreciation, and the high value of appreciation is such that to appreciate appreciation seems to be the fundamental prerequisite for survival. Mankind will not die for lack of information; it may perish for lack of appreciation.” MaySeemsValuesDiesMankindInformationAcceptanceSurvivalAppreciateFundamentalsAppreciationPrerequisites Author:Abraham Joshua Heschel
“This is life...Not a peace treaty, not an idealistic dream, but a grim dance of death and survival. The strong live on while the weak--the ones too small or too foolish to fight back--die in agony and blood.” DreamDiesFightingStrongBloodSurvivalWeakFoolishAgonyTreatiesGrimIdealisticPeace Treaties Author:Dan Wells
“That's what civilization sometimes did to threats, real or perceived. They walled them off. Us against them. Survival of the fittest. You die so I can live.” I CanRealSometimesDiesCivilizationSurvivalThreatSurvival Of The Fittest Book:The Innocent Source: The Innocent
“John Lilly suggests whales are a culture maintained by oral traditions. Stories. The experience of an individual whale is valuable to the survival of its community. I think of my family stories-Mother's in particular-how much I need them now, how much I will need them later. It has been said when an individual dies, whole worlds die with them. The same could be said of each passing whale.” ThinkingWorldNeedsHas BeensSaidWholeStoriesMotherDiesCultureIndividualCommunityParticularSurvivalTraditionMy FamilyValuableWhole WorldPassingPassingsWhalesOral Tradition Book:Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place Source: Refuge: An Unnatural History of Family and Place
“My characters never die screaming in rage. They attempt to pull themselves back together and go on. And that's basically a conservative view of life.” CharacterTogetherDiesViewsGoes OnSurvivalConservativeRageScreamConservatismBack Together Author:Jane Smiley