The production of too many useful things results in too many useless people.
Crested Butte is for spectators; Chamonix is for participants.
Modern man is conditioned to expect instant gratification, but any success or triumph realized quickly, with only marginal effort, is necessarily shallow. Meaningful achievement takes time, hard work, persistence, patience, proper intent and self-awareness. The path to success is punctuated by failure, consolidation, and renewed effort.
Relish the challenge of overcoming difficulties that would crush ordinary men. . . learn to suffer.
You become what you do. How and what you become depends on environmental influence so you become who you hang around. Raise the standard your peers must meet and you'll raise your expectations of yourself. If your environment is not making you better, change it.
Effort and pain may not be avoided. Physical and psychological breakdowns occur. The support of a like-minded group, dedicated to The Art of Suffering, provides a safety net. An individual will push harder and risk more in the company of trustworthy peers.
Sometimes you must sacrifice yourself on the altar of effort to be reminded of what and who you could become if you applied yourself.
Did you hear? You are free. " Yessss. Choice. It is a fine thing. And I choose to take you back, Most High.
Two out of every five people on Earth today owe their lives to the higher crop outputs that fertilizer has made possible.
The problem is that people love music and they love television, but people don't love music on TV.
Throughout the Old Testament, God warns his chosen people about the perils of assimilation, shiksappeal and false gods.