Now what is history? It is the centuries of systematic explorations of the riddle of death, with a view to overcoming death. That’s why people discov… - Jon Krakauer

Not only during the ascent but also during the descent my willpower is dulled. The longer I climb the less important the goal seems to me, the more indifferent I become to myself. My attention has diminished, my memory is weakened. My mental fatigue is now greater than the bodily. It is so pleasant to sit doing nothing — and therefore so dangerous. Death through exhaustion is — like death through freezing — a pleasant one. Reinhold Messner The Crystal Horizon I

How can a society actively promote religious faith on one hand and condemn a man for zealously adhering to his faith on the other?

Women don't get raped because they were drinking or taking drugs. Women don't get raped because they weren't careful. Women get raped because someone raped them.