Certain Quote by Nadine Gordimer

Survival in any meaningful sense is the key issue of our time

— Thomas Berry

Determination, energy, and courage appear spontaneously when we care deeply about something. We take risks that are unimaginable in any other context.

— Margaret J. Wheatley

Humans nature; Valuing dead more than alive.

— HQLinesme

Mortality is very brief but immeasurably important.

— Joseph B. Wirthlin

In life, it's between choosing risk and striving for greatness, or risking nothing and being certain of mediocrity

— Keith Ferrazzi

“I have always believed in the principle that immediate survival is more important than long-term survival.”

— Jack McClelland

The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man…

— Samuel L. Jackson

The individual will to survive is often seen as just that, an individual thing. In fact, it's sort of a gene we all carry…

— Danny Boyle

The certainty that life cannot be long, and the probability that it will be much shorter than nature allows, ought to awaken every man…

— Samuel Johnson

Since death is certain and the time of death is uncertain, what is the most important thing?

— Pema Chodron

Some events take a lifetime to reveal their damage and influence.

— Michael Ondaatje

When vitality runs high, death takes men by surprise. But if they close their eyes to this possibility, what they gain in peace they…

— Lewis Mumford