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HAPPINESS is ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED
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To the contrary: His life hummed with meaning and purpose. But the meaning he wrestled from existence lay beyond the comfortable path:…
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Achieving the summit of a mountain was tangible, immutable, concrete. The incumbent hazards lent the activity a seriousness of purpose that was…
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Early on a difficult climb, especially a solo climb, you’re hyper-aware of the abyss pulling at your back, constantly feeling its call,…
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Antarctica has this mythic weight. It resides in the collective unconscious of so many people, and it makes this huge impact, just…
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It is the experiences, the memories, the great triumphant joy of living to the fullest extent in which real meaning is found.…
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The only person you are fighting is yourself and your stubbornness to engage in new circumstances.
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Those who would assail the Book of Mormon should bear in mind that its veracity is no more dubious than the veracity…
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Straddling the top of the world, one foot in China and the other in Nepal, I cleared the ice from my oxygen…
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In climbing, having confidence in your partners is no small concern. One climber's actions can affect the welfare of the entire team.
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There is something special about a quiet untouched forest that just pulls you into the moment. Something that no parks will ever…
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Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon.
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I took four years off after 'In the Cut' because I wanted to see who I'd be without work. I even tried…
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If a hermit lives in a state of ecstasy, his lack of comfort becomes the height of comfort. He must relinquish it.
— Jean Cocteau
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And from the phlox and mignonette Rich attars drift on every hand; And when star-vestured twilight comes The pale moths weave a…
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HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable.
— Ambrose Bierce
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I don't know what impression you might have of the way I live. I live in a quiet place. I do not…
— Daniel Day-Lewis
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Turn, gentle Hermit of the Dale, And guide my lonely way To where yon taper cheers the vale With hospitable ray.
— Oliver Goldsmith
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Wisdom can see the red, the rose, the stained and sculptured curve of grey, the charcoal scars of fire, and see around…
— Judith Wright
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I sort of ended up in Los Angeles by accident. And it was sort of terrible to be jostled into this position…
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As a boy I was a hermit crab, but I soon came out of my shell. Now I am a pincer crab,…
— Thom Yorke
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When the devil grows old he turns hermit.
— Ludovico Ariosto
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You cannot succeed by yourself. It's hard to find a rich hermit.
— Jim Rohn
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Evolution did not intend trees to grow singly. Far more than ourselves they are social creatures, and no more natural as isolated…
— John Fowles
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