Adrian Howell

“As de Saussure said, risk-taking brings with it its own reward: it keeps a "continual agitation alive" in the heart. Hope, fear. Hope, fear - this is the fundamental rhythm of mountaineering. Life, it frequently seems in the mountains, is more intensely lived the closer one gets to its extinction: we never feel so alive as when we have nearly died.”
― Robert Macfarlane, Mountains of the Mind: A History of a Fascination

“Make peace within, and there will be no one who can overcome you. And no one you will wish to overcome.”
― Dan Millman, The Journeys of Socrates

“Know all the theories, master all the techniques, but as you touch a human soul be just another human soul.”
― C.G. Jung

“Respond to every call
that excites your spirit.
Ignore those that make you fearful
and sad, that degrade you
back toward disease and death.”
― Rumi, The Essential Rumi