“In reality, nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future.”

–Christopher McCandless, quoted in Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild

“What a comforting thought it is that the best day of your life may not have happened yet.”

–Unknown

“If not us, who? If not now, when?”

–Hillel the Elder

“Your problem is how you are going to spend this one and precious life you have been issued. Whether you’re going to spend it trying to look good and creating the illusion that you have power over circumstances, or whether you are going to taste it, enjoy it and find out the truth about who you are.”

–Anne Lamott

“I’m bored is a useless thing to say. I mean, you live in a great big, vast world that you’ve seen none percent of. Even the inside of your own mind is endless; it goes on forever, inwardly, do you understand? The fact that you’re alive is amazing, so you don’t get to say ‘I’m bored.’”

–Louis C.K.