“There are two questions a man must ask himself: The first is 'Where am I going?' and the second is 'Who will go with me?'

If you ever get these questions in the wrong order you are in trouble.”

—  Sam Keen

Source: Fire in the Belly: On Being a Man

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author, professor, and philosopher 1931

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