A nation without means of reform is without means of survival. Edmund Burke
To interpose the threat of physical destruction between a man and his perception of reality, is to negate and paralyze his means of survival to force him to act against his own judgment, is like forcing him to act against his own sight. Ayn Rand
Wit and playfulness represent a desperately serious transcendence of evil. Humor is both a form of wisdom and a means of survival. Tom Robbins