Women seem to have almost unlimited capacity for forgiveness. (Since it is usually a man who needs forgiveness, this must be a racial survival trait..

The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe..

Animals have genes for altruism, and those genes have been selected in the evolution of many creatures because of the advantage they confer for the c….

It's like I'm in a closet in a college dorm room..

The arts, like language, emerged spontaneously and universally in similar forms across cultures, employing imaginative and intellectual capacities th….

Rat is a lot like duck, except with a wonderfully nutty flavor..

Learn to sustain yourselves; lay up grain and flour, and save it against a day of scarcity..

There is secrecy and betrayal but that's more part and parcel of the kind of anguish that the people go through. And maybe that's modes of survival, ….

We, the older generations, simply cannot leave a world for you, the younger generations, in which climate change impacts become ever more threatening….

Bruce Parker's The Power of the Sea is an engaging and essential history of science. It’s also a terrific account of survival on our wild blue plane….

Because our homeland and very survival are once more at stake, the American people can't afford to treat this new war against terrorism like they did….

I say that humans are the only ones in this world that need everything within it. but there is nothing in the world that needs us for its survival. W….

Survival is the main objective. There are going to be some awful days, I know that from my background in the sport..

Bad things happen. And the human brain is especially adept at making sure that we keep track of these events. This is an adaptive mechanism important….

So I'm pampering myself to a homemade stone pumice session, to sand down my feet because I'm worth it..

We need to look for water. Water, water, water, water..

Sometimes survival is the worst alternative there is.

If I lived by some code, my actions would become predictable. The enemy would take advantage of this and I’d be killed. An honorable death doesn’t ex….

That's a great golden nugget that's going in my tactical toolbox.

Surely no rational or realistic person will discount the possibility that [during wartime] the United States might suddenly resort to nuclear weapons….

And time for reflection with colleagues is for me a lifesaver; it is not just a nice thing to do if you have the time. It is the only way you can sur….