You cannot live sheltered forever without ever being exposed,
and at the same time be a spiritual adventurer.
Be audacious.
Be crazy in your own way,
with that madness in the eyes of man that is wisdom in the eyes of God.
Take risks,
search and search again,
search everywhere,
in every way,
do not let a single opportunity or chance that life offers pass you by!
-Arnaud Desjardins

I couldn’t have said it better myself.

Update to post. 6/18/09.
I read a bit about Arnaud Desjardins.
I like this guy.
He has a great little book called The Jump Into Life: Moving Beyond Fear.
He writes that daring to live is:
…daring to pass through important stages in life where the person you used to be dies,
in order to make room for someone with a new view of the world.
You can read a few pages on Amazon.