#ura

Love bravely, live bravely, be courageous, there's really nothing to lose. ↗

— Jewel

#life #live #love #courage

Courage is the chiaroscuro of characteristics. By that I mean I don’t know what I mean.
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— Jarod Kintz

#chiaroscuro #courage #meaning #courage

Nothing is lost as long as courage remains ↗

— Napoleon Bonaparte

#courage

If theft is advantageous to everyone who succeeds at it, and adultery is a good strategy, at least for males, for increasing presence in the gene pool, why do we feel they are wrong? Shouldn't the only morality that evolution produces be the kind Bill Clinton had - being sorry you got caught? ↗

— Robert J. Sawyer

#darwinism #evolution #infidelity #macro-evolution #macroevolution

There are so many unsung heroines and heroes at this broken moment in our collective story, so many courageous persons who, unbeknownst to themselves, are holding together the world by their resolute love or contagious joy. Although I do not know your names, I can feel you out there. ↗

— David Abram

#joy #love #nature #courage

Perhaps the most legitimately dispiriting thing about reciprocal altruism is that it is a misnomer. Whereas with kin selection the "goal" of our genes is to actually help another organism, with reciprocal altruism the goal is that the organism be left under the impression that we've helped; the impression alone is enough to bring the reciprocation. ↗

— Robert Wright

#evolution #natural-selection #reciprocity #nature

Take a wrong turn. Get lost in something you love. ↗

— Marty Rubin

#courage #passion #risk #the-unknown-love #courage

You love with a fierce courage that I do not understand, and yet I wish that I could have it too. ↗

— Douglas Patten

#courage

I don't know if real courage lies in storming barricades or simply not denying the truth. ↗

— Josh Lanyon

#courage

Sometimes you don’t choose greatness, it chooses you. And when it does, it requires a certain level of understandin', courage and a degree of blind hope. ↗

— Jay Grewal

#inspirational #motivational #spiritual #courage