Survival

"Compassion is not religious business, it is human business, it is not luxury, it is essential for our own peace and mental stability, it is essential for human survival."

"But in the end one needs more courage to live than to kill himself."

"I'm a believer in belief. Faith is something that works - it causes people to do things, it has results. It's an intangible, indefinable, very real thing. And it moves people, sometimes to atrocity. And sometimes to survival."

"The ultimate value of life depends upon awareness and the power of contemplation rather than upon mere survival."

"To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering."

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them, humanity cannot survive."

"Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival."

"If you truly want to be respected by people you love, you must prove to them that you can survive without them."