How can you survive the world?

The supple tree feels the wind, but its roots cling tight to the soil and the rock of individuality. 

In the wind that sweeps across the world, cling tight to the soil of freedom and the rock of social responsibility. You can survive the world if you do not lose your hold on the soil and the rock that have steadied and sustained you. 

―The Judge [Last Letters from a Living Dead Man]