Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
To struggle and to understand. Never the last without the first. That is the law.
What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money.
The greatest danger in life is not to take the adventure.
One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end - to know there's no dream that mustn't be dared. . .
So, if you cannot understand that there is something in man which responds to the challenge of this mountain and goes out to meet it, that the struggle is the struggle of life itself upward and forever upward, then you won’t see why we go. What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life. That is what life means and what life is for.
How to get the best of it all? One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end - to know there's no dream that musn't be daredIs this the summit, crowning the day? How cool and quiet! We're not exultant; but delighted, joyful, soberly astonished. Have we vanquished an enemy? None but ourselves. Have we gained success? That word means nothing here. Have we won a kingdom? Noand yes. We have achieved an ultimate satisfactionfulfilled a destiny. To struggle and to understand - never this last without the other; such is the law.
I'm all for consumer rights. I get very aggravated if I don't get a good service.
It only takes two facing mirrors to build a labyrinth.
All of this is for fun anyway.
I am one of those old-fashioned ministers who believe the whole Bible and everything that it contains.