“The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true objectthe joy of livingis not in the peak itself, but in the adversities encountered on the way up. There are valleys, cliffs, str...”

“It's interesting, isn't it? Being in the world.”

“Her only weapons were her tears.”

“The greatest happiness of life was to stand at the difficult border between success and failure.”

“If a man wanted to put the entire universe in his breast, he couldn't do it with his chest stuck out.”

“A day in a mans life is constructed according to whether he accepts or rejects flashes of inspiration.”

“If a man does not work passionately - even furiously - at being the best in the world at what he does, he fails his talent, his destiny, and his God.”

“I mean a man whose hopes and aims may sometimes lie (as most men's sometimes do, I dare say) above the ordinary level, but to whom the ordinary level will be high enough after all if it should prov...”

“Not everything you're good at is what you're called to do.”

“You yourself, as much as anybody in the entire universe, deserve your love and affection”

“I read once that the ancient Egyptians had fifty words for sand & the Eskimos had a hundred words for snow. I wish I had a thousand words for love, but all that comes to mind is the way you move ag...”

“Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze. ”