Thys

“His accidental fortune was beyond calculation, to have been born in 1948 in placid Hampshire, not Ukraine or Poland in 1928, not to have been dragged from the synagogue steps in 1941 and brought here. His white-tiled cell – a piano lesson, a premature love affair, a missed education, a missing wife – was by comparison a luxury suite. If his life so far was a failure, as he often thought, it was in the face of history’s largesse.”
― Ian McEwan, Lessons

“Suffering is an art.”
― Tim Krabbé, The Rider

“Although walking arises from our deep, evolutionary past, it is our future too: for walking will do you all the good that you now know it does.”
― Shane O'Mara, In Praise of Walking: A New Scientific Exploration

“Set for yourself goals, high and noble goals, and perish in pursuit of them!”
― John Kaag, Hiking with Nietzsche: Becoming Who You Are