97 Quotes About Preservation

A thing there was that mattered; a thing, wreathed about with chatter, defaced, obscured in her own life, let drop every day in corruption, lies, chatter. This he had preserved. Death was defiance. Death was an attempt to communicate; people feeling the impossibility of reaching the centre which, mystically, evaded them; closeness drew apart; rapture faded, one was alone. There was an embrace in death.

In the end, our society will be defined not only by what we create, but by what we refuse to destroy.

The continuation of man’s life is more attributable to his fear of death than it is to his desire to live. As a matter of fact, in countless cases, it is attributable to only the former.

Some social ills are preserved by the common misbelief that things such as ignorance, greed, and stupidity do not have the stamina required to reach old age.

Governments are committed to preserving the myth of their monopoly on violence. Violence belongs to everyone.

[ ... ]when we have been brought very low and helped, sorely wounded and healed, cast down and raised again, have given up all hope--and been suddenly snatched from danger, and placed in safety; and when these things have been repeated to us and in us a thousand times over, we begin to learn to trust simply to the word and power of God, beyond and against appearances[....]

Law is made by the winner to preserve victory over the loser.

Sometimes you just have to know when the battle you’re fighting is one best walked away from, than fought to the cold, bitter end.

There are two types of discipline. Discipline that destroys and discipline that preserves. The Regime is the former. It disciplines through fear and control, through pain and punishment. To it, discipline is not about self-control, but controlling others. The Resistance is the latter. We employ discipline to ensure that our goals, the preservation of our nation, and of the human race, are achieved, with swiftness and success.