Stupidity is falling pray to your own illusions. - Wojciech Kurtyka

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People who refuse to accept unpleasant truths have no right to complain about politicians who lie to them. What other kind of candidates would such people elect?

Wojciech Kurtyka

Stupidity is falling pray to your own illusions.

Climbing, Fall, Falling, Pray, Stupidity

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When you are totally defeated you begin again to enjoy the small things around you. Just going to the mountains, not for victory or glory, but to enjoy nature or enjoy fine people. If you always succeed you enjoy the admiration of many people. Being defeated means being limited to the basis existential choices of life. If you can enjoy the quiet evening hours it is beautiful; a hero who always succeeds may not have time to enjoy such things.

Beautiful, Defeated, Hero, Mean, Mountains, Succeed

Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the ebb and flow of immense inspiration. Detecting a single rule governing this energy is difficult - it arises and vanishes like the urge to dance and remains as mysterious as the phenomenon of life itself.

Art, Dance, Inspiration, Sports, Vanishes

Other extremely alluring traits in people are simplicity and naturalness. Simplicity and naturalness are never painfully obvious qualities, and yet which I come across them in a person, I get this sense of a firm foundation and of a direct access to truth.

Alluring, Climbing, Extremely, People, Simplicity

The man coming back from the hard mountain trip is a wiser being, calmer and radiating inside. I'd say momentary liberated.

Back, He Man, Man, Men, Mountain, Radiating

Beauty is the door to another world.

Beauty, Climbing, Door, Doors, World

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