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Aron Ralston
“dum spiro, spero
-Part of the official state motto of South Carolina. Literally, "While I breathe, I hope" Or more loosely, "Where there is life, there is hope.”
Aron Ralston, 127 Hours Movie Tie- In: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Aron Ralston
“Mountains are the means, the man is the end. The goal is not to reach the top of the mountains, but to improve the man.”
Aron Ralston, 127 Hours Movie Tie- In: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Aron Ralston
“How would I behave in a situation that caused me to summon the essence of my character? The tragedy inspired me to test myself. I wanted to reveal to myself who I was: the kind of person who died, or the kind of person who overcame circumstances to help himself and others”
Aron Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Aron Ralston
“People say that we're searching for the meaning of life. I don't think that's it at all. I think that what we're seeking is an experience of being alive, so that our life experiences on the purely physical plane will have resonances within our own innermost and reality, so that we actually feel the rapture of being alive.”
Aron Ralston, 127 Hours Movie Tie- In: Between a Rock and a Hard Place

Aron Ralston
“Like looking through a telescope into the Milky Way and wondering if we're alone in the universe, it made me realize with the glaring clarity of desert light how scarce and delicate life is, how insignificant we are compared with the forces of nature and the dimensions of space. (...) We are not grand because we are at the top of the food chain or because we can alter our environment - the environment will outlast us with its unfathomable forces and unyielding powers. But rather than be bound and defeated by our insignificance, we are bold because we exercise our will anyway, despite the ephemeral and delicate presence we have in this desert, on this planet, in this universe.”
Aron Ralston, Between a Rock and a Hard Place

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