People never leave a sinking ship until they see the lights of another ship approaching.
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it.
If you want total security, go to prison. There you’re fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking . . . is freedom.
The way to be safe is never to be secure.
It is when we all play safe that we create a world of utmost insecurity.
Safety first has been the motto of the human race for half a million years; but it has never been the motto of leaders.
Security depends not so much upon how much you have, as upon how much you can do without.
Uncertainty and expectation are the joys of life. Security is an insipid thing.
Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.
Too many people are thinking of security instead of opportunity; they seem more afraid of life than of death.
