Guardianship Quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe

It's crazy when you see very little reflection between what's played on the radio and what people are talking about in the streets. It…

— Saul Williams

A little reflection will show us that every belief, even the simplest and most fundamental, goes beyond experience when regarded as a guide to…

— William Kingdon Clifford

The human instinct for self-preservation is strong. I know, because mine pulls at me, too, like the needle on a compass. And everybody -…

— Nancy Werlin

“Man has no automatic code of survival. His particular distinction from all other living species is the necessity to act in the face of…

— Ayn Rand

“Supposing you hear a cry for help from a man in danger. You will probably feel two desires - one a desire to give…

— C.S. Lewis

The instinct for self-deception in human beings makes them try to banish from their minds dangers of which at bottom they are perfectly aware…

— Stefan Zweig

“Ordinary life rewards a practical, unintrospective outlook. There's too little time and too much fear for anything else. We let ourselves be guided by…

— Alain de Botton

We all know, from what we experience with and within ourselves, that our conscious acts spring from our desires and our fears. Intuition tells…

— Albert Einstein

Like all predatory or parasitic institutions, the state's first instinct is that of self-preservati on. All its enterprises are directed first towards preserving its…

— Albert J. Nock

Physiologists should think before putting down the instinct of self-preservation as the cardinal instinct of an organic being. A living thing seeks above all…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Politicians have an acutely honed instinct for self-preservation.

— Steve Schmidt

I was scared before every battle. That old instinct of self-preservation is a pretty basic thing, but while the action was going on some…

— Audie Murphy