"Just as if a man in need of heartwood, seeking heartwood, wandering in search of heartwood...cutting away the twigs & leaves, were to go off carrying them, thinking, 'heartwood.' A man with good eyesight, seeing him, would say, 'Ah, how this good man didn't know heartwood...Whatever heartwood-business he had with heartwood, his purpose won't be served.' -Buddha, in the Maha Saropama Sutta
"Loneliness is a force that can kill you if you are unprepared for it but it will carry you beyond your own horizon if you can use it to your advantage."
-Reinhold Messner
