Spiritual Quixotic Quest

The word "quixotic" has entered the common language, with the meaning "hopelessly naive and idealistic," "ridiculously impractical," "doomed to fail." That this epithet can be used now in an exclusively pejorative sense not only shows that we have ceased to read Cervantes and to understand his character, but more fundamentally it reveals that our culture has drifted away from its spiritual roots. - Simon Leys (N. Y. Review of Books, June 11, 1998)
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Photo location: Bang Saphan, Prachuab Khirikan province