When Things Are Easy, I

I Called To The Other Men That The Sky Was Clearing, And Then A Moment Later I Realized That What I Had Seen Was Not A Rift In The Clouds But The White Crest Of An Enormous Wave.

Men Wanted For Dangerous Expedition: Low Wages For Long Hours Of Arduous Labour Under Brutal Conditions; Months Of Continual Darkness And Extreme Cold; Great Risk To Life And Limb From Disease, Accidents And Other Hazards; Small Chance Of Fame In Case Of Success.

I Thought You'd Rather Have A Live Donkey Than A Dead Lion.

Life To Me Is The Greatest Of All Games. The Danger Lies In Treating It As A Trivial Game, A Game To Be Taken Lightly, And A Game In Which The Rules Don't Matter Much. The Rules Matter A Great Deal. The Game Has To Be Played Fairly Or It Is No Game At All. And Even To Win The Game Is Not The Chief End. The Chief End Is To Win It Honorably And Splendidly.

I Chose Life Over Death For Myself And My Friends... I Believe It Is In Our Nature To Explore, To Reach Out Into The Unknown. The Only True Failure Would Be Not To Explore At All.