"To the contrary: His life hummed with meaning and purpose. But the meaning he wrestled from existence lay beyond the comfortable path: McCandless distrusted the value of things than came easily."

-- Jon Krakauer

#Meaning Of Life Quotes #Purpose Quotes #Path Quotes

“I grew up on the Bones Brigade as well. The very first skateboard video I saw was the Bones Brigade Video Show and I'd always valued the Bones Brigade and Powell Peralta as the ultimate in skateboarding.”
“There is no democrats or republicans, right or left, red state or blue state. We are all one. And we are all unified against Mexicans.”

Source : Source: www.huffingtonpost.com
“Life evolved under conditions of light and darkness, light and then darkness. And so plants and animals developed their own internal clocks so that they would be ready for these changes in light. These are chemical clocks, and they're found in every known being that has two or more cells and in some that only have one cell.”
“Too many have no idea of the subjection of their temper to the influence of religion, and yet what is changed, if the temper is not? If a man is as passionate, malicious, resentful, sullen, moody, or morose after his conversion as before it, what is he converted from or to?”
“I think I'll give it up, the fantasy is over, I wanted to play Spiderman, Peter Parker.”
“In the lead up to the Iraq war and its later conduct, I saw at a minimum, true dereliction, negligence and irresponsibility, at worse, lying, incompetence and corruption.”
“If the universe is meaningless, so is the statement that it is so. If this world is a vicious trap, so is its accuser, and the pot is calling the kettle black.”
“I have never, not once, gone on television and not received some email or tweet or comment about my hair. Without fail. Isn't that absurd? All it does is make me want to shape my bangs into a sort of middle finger-like sculpture.”

Source : "ORIGIN FEM SERIES: Sally Kohn – CNN Columnist". ORIGIN Interview, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

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