“That man is formed for social life is an observation which, upon our first inquiry, presents itself immediately to our view, and our reason approves that wise and generous principle which actuated the first founders of civil government, an institution which hat its origin in the weakness of individuals, and hath for its end the strength and security of all; and so long as the means of effecting this important end are thoroughly known and religiously attended to government is one of the richest blessings to mankind, and ought to be held in the highest veneration” MenFirstsMeanLongImportantEndsReasonGovernmentLife IsIndividualSocialViewsKnownPrinciplesWiseMankindSecurityOughtBlessingHighestWeaknessInstitutionsObservationGenerousHatsPatrioticFoundersInquirySocial LifeVeneration Author:Joseph Warren
“Life is defined more by its contrasts than its samenesses; Life is defined more by its risks than the many securities.” LifeLife IsRiskSecurityAdventureDefinedContrastPsychedelicSameness Author:Mary Anne Radmacher
“Side effect of overemphasizing the importance of personal security in your life is that it can cause you to live reactively.” Life IsCausesFearSidesEffectsSecurityImportanceSide EffectsPersonal Security Author:Steve Pavlina
“Life is there ahead of you and either one tests oneself in its challenges or huddles in the valleys of a dreamless day-to-day existence whose only purpose is the preservation of a illusory security and safety. The latter is what the vast majority of people choose to do, fearing the adventure into the known.” PeopleLifeLife IsPurposeChallengesExistenceKnownSecurityAdventureTestsSafetyMajorityOneselfLatterValleysDay To DayPreservationIllusoryRules For Radicals Book:Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals Source: Rules for Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer for Realistic Radicals
“It is amazing where God will take you when you are willing to follow. Life is full of surprises when we choose mystery over security.” Life IsMysterySecurityWillingSurpriseGods WillLife Is Full Of Surprises Author:Erwin McManus
“The man who is not frightened of life is not frightened of being completely insecure for he understands that inwardly, psychologically, there is no security.....When there is no security there is an endless movement and then life and death are the same....The man who lives without conflict, who lives with beauty and love, is not frightened of death because to love is to die.” MenLife IsDiesLove IsSecurityMovementHe ManConflictAnd LoveEndlessLife And DeathFrightenedInsecureBeauty And Love Author:Jiddu Krishnamurti
“The spiritual task of life is to feed hope. Hope is not something to be found outside of us. It lies in the spiritual life we cultivate within. The whole purpose of wrestling with life is to be transformed into the self we are meant to become, to step out of the confines of our false securities and allow our creating God to go on creating. In us.” SelfWholeSpiritualLife IsLyingPurposeFoundStepsSecurityGoes OnCreatingTasksMeant To BeWrestlingSpiritual LifeTransformed Author:Joan D. Chittister