Identity Quote by Paul Allih

“The law of self-destruction and the law of self-preservation are equally strong in mankind!”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The instinct of self-preservation in human society, acting almost subconsciously, as do all drives in the human mind, is rebelling against the constantly refined…

— Bertha von Suttner

Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature.

— Alexander Hamilton

“We are highly susceptible to self destruction when we aren’t doing what we really want with our lives.”

— James Dillehay

“The first law of nature is self-preservation. Cut off that which may harm you. But if it is worth preserving, and is meaningful, nourish…

— T.F. Hodge

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

“Self-preservation is a biological imperative even in the lowest of life forms, but annoyance is a trait exclusive to the most deviant.”

— Whiskey Britches

“Divide the constant tide and random noisiness of energetic flow, with conscious recurring moments of empty mind, solitude, gratitude and deep...slow...breathing. Of this, the…

— T.F. Hodge

“The self may be extinguished, but there are many selves and the Will creates them.”

— S.R. Hardy

“Self-seeking is self-destruction”

— James Allen

“The gulf between how one should live and how one does live is so wide that a man who neglects what is actually done…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“Nature is the antidote for the chaos inside of us.”

— Michael Bassey Johnson