“The 'survival of the fittest' is beneficently inevitable; the capitalist is powerless against labor, unless the State . . . steps in, and helps him catch and fleece his victims. The old plea of despotism, that liberty is unsafe, reappears now in the mistaken notion that competition is hostile to labor.” StatesHelpingLibertyStepsSurvivalLaborVictimCompetitionNotionInevitableCapitalistMistakenPowerlessHostileDespotismSurvival Of The FittestUnsafeFleece Book:The Collected Works of Ezra H. Heywood Source: The Collected Works of Ezra H. Heywood
“This notion that man can, and should, have absolute dominion over the "chaotic" powers of nature and woman...is what ultimately lies behind man's famous "conquest of nature" - a conquest that is today puncturing holes in the earth's ozone layer, destroying our forests, polluting our air and water, and increasingly threatening the welfare, and even survival, of thousands of living species, including our own.” MenShouldTodayEarthLyingWaterLossBehindsAirSurvivalShould HaveAbsolutesSpeciesNotionIncludingDisasterHolesForestsWelfareDestroyingLayersThreateningConquestDominionChaoticAir And WaterOzonePower Of NatureOzone Layer Author:Riane Eisler
“I think the notion of success is fairly destructive. You can see elements of this surrounding any band becoming too popular. On the other hand, survival means you are doing fine.” ThinkingMeanHandsFineBecomingBandElementsSurvivalNotionDestructive Author:Howe Gelb
“A property of an organism enters into its life (and survival) in many different ways, some more salient than others. But there is no simple notion of its being "for" some function.” WayDifferentSimpleSurvivalFunctionPropertyNotionDifferent WaysOrganisms Author:Noam Chomsky
“The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.” LiteratureTermParticularComfortSurvivalNotionCatastrophe Author:Iris Murdoch
“I never said a word against eminent men of science. What I complain of is a vague popular philosophy which supposes itself to be scientific when it is really nothing but a sort of new religion and an uncommonly nasty one. When people talked about the fall of man, they knew they were talking about a mystery, a thing they didn't understand. Now they talk about the survival of the fittest: they think they do understand it, whereas they have not merely no notion, they have an elaborately false notion of what the words mean.” PeopleThinkingMenMeanSaidPhilosophyScienceFallUnderstandingTalkingMysterySurvivalNotionComplainingNastyVagueSurvival Of The FittestFall Of Man Author:Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest survive when attacked by a mad notion.” MenFunnyWiseDogSurvivalMadNotionEvery ManFewerPursuedWisestMad Dogs Book:Marchbanks' Almanack Source: Marchbanks' Almanack
“I don't think it's a Western thing to really talk about intrinsic motivation and the drive for autonomy, mastery and purpose. You have to not be struggling for survival. For people who don't know where their next meal is coming, notions of finding inner motivation are comical.” PeopleThinkingKnowsMindPurposeMotivationNextLeadershipStruggleFindingsSurvivalWesternNotionMealsMasteryAutonomyComicalIntrinsic Motivation Author:Daniel H. Pink