“What is it we are questing for? It is the fulfillment of that which is potential in each of us. Questing for it is not an ego trip; it is an adventure to bring into fulfillment your gift to the world, which is yourself. There is nothing you can do that's more important than being fulfilled. You become a sign, you become a signal, transparent to transcendence; in this way you will find, live, become a realization of your own personal myth.”
― Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation
― Pathways to Bliss: Mythology and Personal Transformation
“The father’s job is to teach his children how to be warriors, to give them the confidence to get on the horse to ride into battle when it’s necessary to do so. If you don’t get that from your father, you have to teach yourself.”
― Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
― Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
“Our lives are not our own. We are bound to others, past and present, and by each crime and every kindness, we birth our future.”
― Cloud Atlas
― Cloud Atlas
“Outside is the only place we can truly be inside the world.”
― THIS SIDE OF A WILDERNESS: A Novel
― THIS SIDE OF A WILDERNESS: A Novel
“A great many people, and more all the time, live their entire lives without ever once sleeping out under the stars.”
― Let Them Paddle: Coming of Age on the Water
― Let Them Paddle: Coming of Age on the Water
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