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“If a man is a man and not a sheep in the flock, he has a survival instinct in him that leads him to fight even if he realizes he's fighting in vain, even if he knows he will lose.”

Ifs Knows Men Fighting Realizing Loses Survival Instinct Vain Sheep Flocks Survival Instinct

Book:A man

Source: A man

“Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not.”

Men Mind Life Is Given Survival Tools

Author:John Galt

“Man's mind is his basic tool of survival. Life is given to him, survival is not. His body is given to him, its sustenance is not. His mind is given to him, its content is not. To remain alive, he must act, and before he can act he must know the nature and purpose of his action...To remain alive, he must think.”

Thinking Knows Men Mind Body Action Life Is Purpose Given Alive Survival Tools Sustenance

Author:John Galt

“Raising a daughter is an extremely political act in this culture. Mothers have been placed in a no-win situation with their daught ers: if they teach their daughters simply how to get along in a world that has been shaped by men and male desires, then they betray their daughters' potential But, if they do not, they leave their daughters adrift in a hostile world without survival strategies.”

Ifs Men World Has Beens Political Mother Desire Culture Winning Situation Teach Survival Daughter Strategy Males Betray Hostile Mother Daughter Adrift

Author:Elizabeth Debold

“We are not talking about esthetics. We are talking about life: survival of Man. We must train young people to get another vision of Nature. We call it 'wilderness,' and we think it is progress to get further and further away from it. How crazy! Where would we have been if Nature had not built us up?”

People Ifs Thinking Men Has Beens Young Talking Vision Progress Crazy Survival Built Train Environmental Wilderness Not Talking

Author:Thor Heyerdahl

“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.”

Source: Between the Devil and the Dragon: The Best Essays and Aphorisms of Eric Hoffer