"When a young person is moved by a passion and feels compelled to go on this sort of quest, I think you have to let him. You can't stop him. In our culture we don't have formal rights of passage like in some ancient cultures. Subjecting yourself to risk... may be something you have to go through to be a man or a woman."

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Source : FaceBook post by Jon Krakauer from Sep 30, 2011

Jon Krakauer

#Passion Quotes #Men Quotes #Thinking Quotes

“If God be God and man a creature made in image of the divine intelligence, his noblest function is the search for truth.”

Source : "The Heretic". Play by Morris West, 1968.
“People that watch Adult Swim don't watch the Oscars.”
“At first, then, exhibit the coyness of a maiden, until the enemy gives you an opening; afterwards emulate the rapidity of a running hare, and it will be too late for the enemy to oppose you.”
“It is important that the decorum and dignity of the House is upheld at all times. The image of Parliament in the public mind should be one where proceedings, debates and discussions take place with a view to resolve issues through a constructive and co-operative approach.”
“The impulse to write things down is a peculiarly compulsive one, inexplicable to those who do not share it, useful only accidentally, only secondarily, in the way that any compulsion tries to justify itself. I suppose that it begins or does not begin in the cradle.”
“There Has Ceased to Be a Difference Between My Awake Clothes and My Asleep Clothes”

Source : Mindy Kaling (2011). “Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? (And Other Concerns)(Enhanced Edition)”, p.8, Crown/Archetype
“All men have heard of the Mormon Bible, but few except the "elect" have seen it, or, at least, taken the trouble to read it. I brought away a copy from Salt Lake. The book is a curiosity to me, it is such a pretentious affair, and yet so "slow," so sleepy; such an insipid mess of inspiration. It is chloroform in print. If Joseph Smith composed this book, the act was a miracle â€” keeping awake while he did it was, at any rate.”
“There's no drug that I would never take again.”

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