Quotes About Self-preservation

The world is perishing from an orgy of self-sacrificing.

The first right on earth is the right of the ego. Man's first duty is to himself. His moral law is never to place his prime goal within the persons of others. His moral obligation is to do what he wishes, provided his wish does not depend primarily upon other men.

Every honest man lives for himself. Every man worth calling a man lives for himself. The one who doesn't - doesn't live at all.

It's a law of survival, isn't it?—to seek the best. I didn't come for your sake. I came for mine.

Crud. What was she supposed to do? Protect herself or the pretzels?

I wanted to change the world, now I hope the world doesn't change me.

We numb our minds and heart so one need not be broken and the other need not be bothered.

But I was done trying to wake her up, to make her see. To save her. The only person I could save was myself.

Wise girls kiss but never love, Listen but never believe, And leave befor they are left.

The sole means of protecting your solitude is to offend everyone, beginning with those you love.

moving on means we have to protect ourselves.

MOVING ON means we have to protect ourseves

best way to get through life was not to dwell on things so she packed those events into a suitcase, and shoved it to the back of a mental cupboard,

But...sometimes, Louisa, moving on means we do have to protect ourselves.

I was glad to get in that stall. It was a funny feeling, being naked and fighting a man with a gun. I didn't like it. I felt the bullets would hurt more, naked.

Charming as she was, it never pays a Djin to get close to people. Never. Take it from one who knows.

The way to get through normal life is to pretend it isn't getting to you. If you let on that you're hurt, the other animals will turn on you and tear you to pieces. Don't attract the attention of predators.

If I was made of cake I'd eat myself before somebody else could.

Aveva deciso di non parlare più, mai più. Ormai era l'unica forma di protezione che riuscisse a immaginare. Neanche una parola, da lui non avrebbero cavato più niente. Sarebbe diventato un blocco compatto di silenzio, una superficie liscia e scivolosa contro cui la sventura sarebbe rimbalzata senza trovare un accesso.

I neka ti uvijek bude na umu da nisi ljudski stvor ve? samo obi?an turist. ne daj se zavesti izvanjskom ljubaznoš?u: ona ne ide tebe ve? tvoju lisnicu.

We hide in plain sight, and it works. Majestically . Everyone else can fuck the fuck off.

The formation and consolidation of the conscious system and its struggle for autonomy and self-preservation are just as important a factor in the history of psychic development as the relativizing of this autonomy through the constant tension between conscious and unconscious.

This technological stagnation reflects a harsh truth. There was very little interest in attempting to save labor when the labor in question was not your own.

All too often women believe it is a sign of commitment, an expression of love, to endure unkindness or cruelty, to forgive and forget. In actuality, when we love rightly we know that the healthy, loving response to cruelty and abuse is putting ourselves out of harm's way.