Author of quotes: John Krakauer. Page 2

Attempt to climb Everest - in fact, deeply irrational act-a triumph of dreams over common sense. Any person who is seriously obsessed with this, by definition, are beyond reason.

You're wrong if you think Joy can be gleaned primarily from relationships with other people. God has spread it everywhere. She is in everything and each that we are able to feel. We simply need to show courage, to turn away from their traditional way of life and choose an unusual way.

... Career - humiliating "the invention of the twentieth century", a burden rather than an advantage. Thanks, all are free.

Enjoyment of life comes from our encounters with new, and therefore there is no greater happiness than to constantly change your horizons, meeting every day under a different sun.

So many people are unhappy and not able to change the situation, because too accustomed to live in safety, comfort and conservatism, which, at first glance, it calms, but in fact there is nothing more harmful for the seeker of the human spirit than a secure future.

When you're young, it's easy to believe that you deserve nothing less than desire, and if you want something really much, you have a God-given right.