"Above the comforts of Base Camp, the expedition in fact became an almost Calvinistic undertaking. The ratio of misery to pleasure was greater by an order of magnitude than any mountain I'd been on; I quickly came to understand that climbing Everest was primarily about enduring pain. And in subjecting ourselves to week after week of toil, tedium and suffering, it struck me that most of us were probably seeking above all else, something like a state of grace."

-- Jon Krakauer

#Pain Quotes #Climbing Quotes #Order Quotes

“One of the many possible divisions of human beings is into those who make and those who use.”
“To show the potentialities of a brighter future we must first resuscitate the visions of a better past.”
“Had an awesome time. You tell me to show up and all I have to do is drink beer, play guitar all day and I can lift weights and you're going to pay me for this!”
“Wherever you are, be there totally. If you find your here and now intolerable and it makes you unhappy, you have three options: remove yourself from the situation, change it, or accept it totally. If you want to take responsibility for your life, you must choose one of those three options, and you must choose now. Then accept the consequences.”
“Accumulation of wealth at one pole is at the same time accumulation of misery, agony of toil, slavery, ignorance, brutality, mental degradation, at the opposite pole”

Source : Karl Marx (2007). “Capital: A Critique of Political Economy - The Process of Capitalist Production”, p.709, Cosimo, Inc.
“Poor nations are hungry, and rich nations are proud; and pride and hunger will ever be at variance.”
“I guess, we were people who just dedicated to trying to get better.”

Source : "5 Simple Lessons From 40 Years At The Same Job" by Dave Bookbinder, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 24, 2016.
“Before all, and above all, attention shall be paid to the care of the sick, so that they shall be served as if they were Christ Himself.”

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