“The more you know, the less you need.”

“The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this wont happen if you compromise away the entire process.”

“most of the damage we cause to the planet is the result of our own ignorance.”

“How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.”

“Everything we personally own thats made, sold, shipped, stored, cleaned, and ultimately thrown away does some environmental harm every step of the way, harm that were either directly responsible fo...”

“Doing risk sport had taught me another important lesson: never exceed your limits. You push the envelope and you live for those moments when youre right on the edge, but you dont go over. You have ...”

“Sometimes, insatiable curiosity and compassion are all that life requires of us.”

“Curiosity is the one thing invincible in Nature.”

“If spectacle is lacking in everyday life, it may be because we have forgotten where and how to look.”

“Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.”

“Enthusiasm is a supernatural serenity.”

“It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.”

“When we are no longer able to change a situation, we are challenged to change ourselves.”

“But one of the worst results of being a slave and being forced to do things is that when there is no one to force you any more you find you have almost lost the power of forcing yourself.”

“The road to success is always under construction”