Adventure is a path...Real adventure - self-determined , self-motivated, often risky - forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world.
Mark JenkinsRead
Adventure is a path. Real adventure - self-determined, self-motivated, often risky - forces you to have firsthand encounters with the world. The world the way it is, not the way you imagine it. Your body will collide with the earth and you will bear witness. In this way you will be compelled to grapple with the limitless kindness and bottomless cruelty of humankind - and perhaps realize that you yourself are capable of both. This will change you. Nothing will ever again be black-and-white.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Adventure challenges you to confront reality and discover your own capabilities.
Mark Jenkins emphasizes that true adventure goes beyond mere escapism; it involves real experiences that challenge our perceptions of the world and ourselves. Engaging with the complexities of life can lead to profound personal transformation, revealing the dual nature of human existence—both kindness and cruelty—while reshaping our understanding of morality and character.
Themes
AdventureSelf-DiscoveryHumanityExperienceChange
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational speech about embracing challenges.
More from Mark Jenkins
All quotes →Similar quotes
He put his foot on one pedal, scooted a few yards and swung his other leg over the saddle. He soared left into the vertiginously sloping hillside road and sped, without touching his brakes ... The hedgerows and sky blurred; he imagined himself in a velodrome as the wind whipped his hair clean...
J. K. RowlingRead
Travelers are always discoverers, especially those who travel by air. There are no signposts in the sky to show a man has passed that way before. There are no channels marked. The flier breaks each second into new uncharted seas.
Anne Morrow LindberghRead
Adventures are not all pony-rides in May-sunshine.
J. R. R. TolkienRead
Sorry! I don't want any adventures, thank you. Not Today. Good morning! But please come to tea -any time you like! Why not tomorrow? Good bye!
J. R. R. TolkienRead
The test of an adventure is that when you're in the middle of it, you say to yourself "Oh now I've got myself into an awful mess; I wish I were sitting quietly at home. And the sign that something's wrong with you is when you sit quietly at home wishing you were out having lots of adventure.
Thornton WilderRead
Look at The Adventure. A boat by night is a wonderful sight. This is the way to start a new life, with a hurricane lamp shining at the top of the mast, and the coastline disappearing behind one as the whole world lies sleeping. Making a journey by night is more wonderful than anything in the world.
Tove JanssonRead