"Naturally, the top does not automatically make us better. Like the samurai frequented ordinary cutthroat, so sometimes extreme mountaineer can be self-centered, mythomaniac or crook to each yourself and the environment."

-- Wojciech Kurtyka

#Climbing Quotes #Self Quotes #Doe Quotes

“I agree with Warren to keep it simple and not use higher mathematics in your analysis.”
“Ladies like improv stilts, and I think men like improv giant cocks. But one of the great things about improv is that you get to play some roles you'd never get to play otherwise, you know, like the old Italian pizza-maker who's passing on the business down to his son. You get to play it all when you improvise.”
“Everyone should cultivate a secret garden.”
“Dostoevsky believed that the gods of rationalism and materialist utilitarianism had joined in conspiracy against all other ethical systems. ... The accumulation of capital, or the acquisition of money, are endeavors par excellence which establish a quantifiable goal: hence they are directly amenable to maximization formulae.”

Source : John Carroll (2010). “Break-Out from the Crystal Palace: The Anarcho-Psychological Critique: Stirner, Nietzsche, Dostoevsky”, p.120, Taylor & Francis
“I think the most beautiful inventions are the ones you don't think of.”
“When you're turning the crankset, you're riding the bike. When you're coasting, you're just along for the ride.”

Source : Ned Overend (1999). “Mountain Bike Like a Champion”, p.31, Rodale
“Tolerance is thin gruel compared to the rapture of absolute truths. It's not surprising that religious people are often better protected by atheists and agnostics than each other.”
“You have to have been a Republican to know how good it is to be a Democrat.”

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