#survival

Everyone judges constantly: positively judging one person is the same as negatively judging everyone else; it is to say that that person is superior in some sense. ↗

— Criss Jami

#human #human-nature #judging #judgmental #logic

Respect was one thing. Survival was another. It was important that I kept my priorities in the right order. ↗

— Tahir Shah

#respect #survival #respect

You know how sometimes you tell yourself that you have a choice, but really you don't have a choice? Just because there are alternatives doesn't mean they apply to you. ↗

— Rick Yancey

#apocalypse #cassie #choices #fiction #horror

Why would you take a drug that is guaranteed to kill you in forty years? One reason, right? It's the only thing that will stop you dying tomorrow. ↗

— Sharon Moalem

#survival-of-the-sickest #science

He was a killer, a thing that preyed, living on the things that lived, unaided, alone, by virtue of his own strength and prowess, surviving triumphantly in a hostile environment where only the strong survive. ↗

— Jack London

#survival-of-the-fittest #london

Fate is never fair. You are caught in a current much stronger than you are; struggle against it and you'll drown not just yourself but those who try to save you. Swim with it. and you'll survive ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#fate #valentine #survival

mankind is resilient: the atrocities that horrified us a week ago become acceptable tomorrow. ↗

— Joseph Heller

#mankind

Mockery be damned, my urine looked delicious. ↗

— Yann Martel

#life-of-pi #survival #life

I make sure to always have some spinach between my teeth so people are disinclined to bother me. Survival strategies for the 21st century. ↗

— Graham Parke

#strategy

Nothing is better for self-esteem than survival. ↗