„When you have understood that nothing is, that things do not even deserve the status of appearances, you no longer need to be saved, you are saved, and miserable forever.“

— Emil M. Cioran

The New Gods (1969)

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Emil M. Cioran530

Romanian philosopher and essayist 1911 - 1995

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— Mwanandeke Kindembo 1996

Food

„Are you Earthseed?
Do you believe?
Belief will not save you.
Only actions
Guided and shaped
By belief and knowledge
Will save you.
Belief
Initiates and guides action—
Or it does nothing.“

— Octavia E. Butler, book Parable of the Talents

Source: Parable of the Talents (1998), Chapter 20 (p. 382)

Knowledge

„I have told you that… we know nothing save what we have first, in one way or another, desired; and it may even be added that we can know nothing well save what we love, save what we pity.“

— Miguel de Unamuno 19th-20th century Spanish writer and philosopher 1864 - 1936

The Tragic Sense of Life (1913), VII : Love, Suffering, Pity

Love, Way

„Try, reach, want, and you may fall. But even if you do, you might be okay anyway.
If you don't try, you save nothing, because you might as well be dead.“

— Ann Brashares, book Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

Source: Girls in Pants: The Third Summer of the Sisterhood

Dead

„All of them cite that toxic spew, even though there’s not a syllable of supporting evidence. Because the controversy itself became news. Save a country, save a world, save a child—it doesn’t matter. You don’t need proof or even evidence to burn down a man’s soul. All you need is accusation.“

— Malcolm Azania, book From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain

Source: From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain (2007), Chapter 8 “Unrequited Hate” (p. 239)

World, Soul, Support, Country

„You free. Nothing and nobody is obliged to save you but you.“

— Toni Morrison, book Home

Home (novella), p. 126 (2012)

„When you bring forth that which is within yourselves, this that you have shall save you. If you do not have that within yourselves, this which you do not have within you will kill you.“

— Thomas the Apostle Apostle of Jesus Christ

70
Gospel of Thomas (c. 50? — c. 140?)

„Do not thank me for saving your life. You do not realize yet what I have saved it for.“

— Michael Moorcock, book The Jewel in the Skull

Book 3, Chapter 3 “The Warrior in Jet and Gold” (p. 113)
The Jewel in the Skull (1967)

Life

„It is not an act of bravery to try to save your own village. It is an instinct to protect what you possess. Bravery is when you step in to help when you have nothing to lose.“

— Gail Tsukiyama, The Samurai's Garden

Source: The Samurai's Garden

Help

„Scarlett, always save something to fear—even as you save something to love.“

— Margaret Mitchell, book Vom Winde verweht (1937 German edition)

Source: Gone with the Wind

Love, Fear

„… there was a new voice
which you slowly
recognized as your own,
that kept you company
as you strode deeper and deeper
into the world,
determined to do
the only thing you could do --
determined to save
the only life you could save.“

— Mary Oliver American writer 1935 - 2019

Life, World

„It's nice to have a lot of money, but you know, you don't want to keep it around forever. I prefer buying things. Otherwise, it's a little like saving sex for your old age.“

— Warren Buffett American business magnate, investor, and philanthropist 1930

Money, Age, Sex

„Death is forever. Death is nothing. But to save a life, that’s everything.“

— Ilona Andrews American husband-and-wife novelist duo

Source: Magic Breaks

Life, Death

„Somebody said: "Well, you did that to make us like you." No, no. It's not a reason you do things, to be liked. It's the right thing to do, to save lives.“

— George W. Bush 43rd President of the United States 1946

2010s, 2011, Speech at the Gerald R. Ford Foundation (2011)

„Embrace the probability of your imminent death…. and know there is nothing i can do to save you.“

— Suzanne Collins, The Hunger Games

Source: The Hunger Games

Death

„I love you forever" didn't always need to be spoken to be understood.“

— Jessica Bird U.S. novelist 1969

Source: Lover Enshrined

Love

„Don't waste the breath to save your face, When you have done your best, And even more is asked of you, Let fate decide the rest.“

— Robert Hunter American musician 1941 - 2019

"Built to Last"
Built to Last (1989)

Fate

„We're not on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves. But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes.“

— Joseph Campbell, The Power of Myth

Source: The Power of Myth (book), p.183
Context: Moyers: Unlike heroes such as Prometheus or Jesus, we're not going on our journey to save the world but to save ourselves.
Campbell: But in doing that you save the world. The influence of a vital person vitalizes, there's no doubt about it. The world without spirit is a wasteland. People have the notion of saving the world by shifting things around, changing the rules, and who's on top, and so forth. No, no! Any world is a valid world if it's alive. The thing to do is to bring life to it, and the only way to do that is to find in your own case where the life is and become alive yourself.

World, Personality

„When you can't save yourself or your heart, it helps to be able to save face.“

— Sarah Dessen, book What Happened to Goodbye

What Happened To Goodbye (2011)
Source: What Happened to Goodbye

Help, Heart

„I never said money is freedom! I said money buys freedom. BUYS! What does that mean, money is freedom? This is ridiculous: Money is freedom. It means nothing. What do you think, that a dollar in a savings account is freedom? Maybe you have understood nothing I have said. You are trying to make me sound like an American average citizen.“

— Klaus Kinski German actor 1926 - 1991

Playboy interview

Money, Thinking, Freedom

„When you have understood that nothing is, that things do not even deserve the status of appearances, you no longer need to be saved, you are saved, and miserable forever.“

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