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“A civilization which leaves so large a number of its participants unsatisfied and drives them into revolt neither has nor deserves the prospect of a lasting existence.”

Numbers Existence Perspective Civilization Survival Deserve Lasting Revolt Participants Unsatisfied

Book:The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud

Source: The standard edition of the complete psychological works of Sigmund Freud

“Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival.”

Thinking Looks Perspective Survival Mirrors Superiority Domination Tempted Transient Prospects

Book:Full House

Source: Full House

“Everything in my life is in perspective. OK, perspective ebbs and flows. I've had bad days, but they weren't in the last years. A bad day is 2 October 1996: 'We've got bad news for you, you've got advanced testicular cancer and you've got a coin's toss chance of survival.' That's a bad day.”

Years Lasts Life Is Chance Perspective News Survival Flow Cancer Last Year Coins Bad Day October Bad News Toss Ebb And Flow Testicular Cancer

Author:Lance Armstrong

“Other ways of looking at the environmental or climate change stuff is to frame it in the context that it is simultaneously a public health issue. One out of eight premature deaths worldwide happens because of air pollution. The worst power plant in America kills 278 people a year and causes 445 heart attacks. So, when we improve air quality we improve our lives, and at the same time we improve the climate as well. We must see climate policy from this perspective and not as an abstract threat that may threaten our survival in 100 years.”

People Heart Quality Worst Policy Perspective Survival Threat Plant Environmental Climate Change Abstract Pollution Public Health Heart Attack Air Pollution

Author:Michael Bloomberg

“The human race's prospects of survival were considerably better when we were defenceless against tigers than they are today when we have become defenceless against ourselves.”

Inspirational Humans Motivational Today Animal Race Society Perspective Survival Anger Human Race Tigers Prospects This Society

Author:Arnold J. Toynbee

“. . . your history is no less important to your survival than your ability to breathe. In the end, you can only determine whether to saturate your memories with pain or with perspective. Forgetting is not an option. I tell you the truth now: Pain was not God's plan for this life. It is a reality, but it is not a part of the plan.”

Important Ends Reality Pain Memories Ability Forget Plans Perspective Survival Determine Breathe This Life God's Plan

Book:Dekker 4-in-1 Bundle: Black, Showdown, Heaven's Wager & Kiss

Source: Dekker 4-in-1 Bundle: Black, Showdown, Heaven's Wager & Kiss

“That is the beauty of cancer, it tells you that your days are limited, that you could die at any point. It is that perspective that allows you to live a better life while you're here.”

Dies Perspective Survival Cancer Better Life Cancer Survival

Author:Shelley Hamlin

“What people most need now is to apply their conversion skills to those things that are essential for their survival. They need to convert facts into logic, free will into purpose, conscience into decision. They need to convert historical experience into a design for a sane world.”

People World Needs Facts Purpose Decision Design Perspective Skills Essentials Survival Conscience Logic Historical Conversion Free Will Sane

Author:Norman Cousins