"If the conquest of a great peak brings moments of exultation and bliss, which in the monotonous, materialistic existence of modern times nothing else can approach, it also presents great dangers. It is not the goal of â€˜grand alpinismeâ€™ to face peril, but it is one of the tests one must undergo to deserve the joy of rising for an instant above the state of crawling grubs."

-- Lionel Terray

#Goal Quotes #Joy Quotes #Rising Quotes

“She cried like a person whose heart is broken and wondered how, when two people loved each other, there could be such a broken heart.”
“War will stop when we no longer praise it, or give it any attention at all. Peace will come wherever it is sincerely invited.”
“Naps are essential to my process. Not dreams, but that state adjacent to sleep, the mind on waking.”
“Doing as others told me, I was Blind. Coming when others called me, I was Lost. Then I left everyone, myself as well. Then I found Everyone, Myself as well.”
“Create tools that enable people to make decisions at the same level, ideally, of fidelity that that you would make them yourself.”
“If you want to cut your own throat, don't come to me for a bandage.”
“I am good, but not an angel. I do sin, but I am not the devil. I am pretty, but not beautiful. I have friends, but I am not the peacemaker.”
“I think of myself as a young prince from a long line of royalty.”

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