A dying organism is often observed to be capable of extraordinary endurance and strength. ... When any living organism is attacked, its whole function seems to aim toward reproduction.

Endurance is nobler than strength and patience than beauty.

And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed.

It is argued that because they believed thoroughly in a just, moral God they could put there faith there and let the smaller insecurities take care of themselves. But I think that because they trusted themselves and respected themselves as individuals, because they knew beyond doubt that they were valuable and potential moral units- because of this they could give God their own courage and dignity and then receive it back. Such things have disappeared perhaps because men do not trust themselves anymore, and when that happens there is nothing left except perhaps to find some strong sure man, even though he may be wrong, and to dangle from his coat-tails.

And the little screaming fact that sounds through all history: repression works only to strengthen and knit the repressed

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.