Self-preservation is the first law of nature.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Self-preservation is the first responsibility.
Self-preservation, nature's first great law, all the creatures, except man, doth awe.
Self-defence is Nature's eldest law.
The laws of nature are structured so that we grow and change, and get to experience the full spectrum of biological existence.
The self thus becomes aware of itself, at least in its practical action, and discovers itself as a cause among other causes and as an object subject to the same laws as other objects.
I have an instinct for survival, for self-preservation.
The instinct of self-preservation in human society, acting almost subconsciously, as do all drives in the human mind, is rebelling against the constantly refined methods of annihilation and against the destruction of humanity.
Nature's laws have to supersede man's law.
Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only begins for man with self-surrender.
I have to take care of myself. It's about self-preservation.
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