"I have not tired of the wilderness; rather I enjoy its beauty and the vagrant life I lead, more keenly all the time."

-- Everett Ruess

#Tired Quotes #Vagrants Quotes #Wilderness Quotes

“Trump is what Obama critics think Obama is: Someone who's focused on symbolism rather than substance.”

Source : Source: www.macleans.ca
“We must calculate not on the weather, nor on fortune, but upon God and ourselves. He may fail us in the gratification of our wishes, but never in the encounter with our exigencies.”
“Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't believe that ours didn't go on forever.”
“There was a time when intellectual meant someone who uses reason and intellect. Today, people who call themselves intellectuals are in a form of mental death spiral: they search for, and find, those index cards that support their world view, and clutch little red books like rosaries in the face of all external evidence. They are ruled by appeals to authority. Their self-image and sense of emotional well-being trumps any and all objective evidence to the contrary.”

Source : "Rafts". Introduction by Bill Whittle to his book "An American Civilization", web.archive.org. June 18, 2006.
“It is important for me to share my experiences in order to create strength and hope for others. No matter how far down you go, it is never too late to come back.”
“To waken interest and kindle enthusiasm is the sure way to teach easily and successfully.”
“Passion, manners, and 80 ounces of beer will win the heart of any woman. And if it doesn't, you'll be too hammered to remember.”
“The only weapon I had was my dancing. With that I fought like a general without an army. If I could have saved all the energy I wasted on my struggle it would have sufficed me to cover a dozen ballets.”

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