Which Might Or Might Not Lead Thither

Dougie MacLean; Feel So Near

I meant to tell mankind to aspire to a new state about which I could tell them little or nothing, to teach them to tread a long and lonely path which might or might not lead thither, to bid them to dare to encounter all possible perils of nature unknown, to abandon all their settled manners of living and to cut themselves off from their past and their environment, and to attempt a quixotic adventure with no resources beyond their native strength and sagacity. I had done it myself and found not only that the pearl
of great price was worth far more than
I possessed, but that the very perils and privations of the quest were themselves
my dearest memories. I was certain of this
at least: that nothing in the world except
this was worth doing.
--Aleister Crowley