“Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent.”

“I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.”

“When I am about to embark on a difficult journey, I comfort myself by reading the accounts of the great nineteenth-century travellers, men like Stanley, Burton, Speke, Burckhardt and Barth.”

“Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.”

“Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship.”

“It was an awkward moment. We were burning down our host's house, a situation which any guest seeks to avoid.”

“When you win and the other fellow loses, what do you see? A losing face. There is great joy in losing and making the other person win and have a happy face. Who will be the happiest person? The one...”

“Do not worry about your life, what you will eat or drink; or about your body, what you will wear. Is not life more important than food, and the body more important than clothes?Look at the birds of...”

“People who love themselves come across as very loving, generous and kind; they express their self-confidence through humility, forgiveness and inclusiveness.”

“Promise was like a precious stone, she told me: hypnotising, but after a while the weight of it could sink you.”

“Science reckons many prophets, but there is not even a promise of a Messiah.”

“Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.”

“Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.”

“Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.”

“Happiness is the reward we get for living to the highest right we know.”