A great many people, and more all the time, live their entire lives without ever once sleeping out under the stars.

If I replace the word God with the word nature, I am far more at ease with the whole religious enterprise.

Small mistakes, the lack of care, little accidents, and somewhere a tipping point is passed and things go badly wrong. Expedition history brims with tragedies built out of incremental missteps.

The rush of battle is often a potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug.

Lately I have come to believe that the principle difference between Heaven and Hell is the company you keep there....

The ability to seize initiative is the most essential quality of any truly successful manager.

When you fall in love, the natural thing to do is give yourself to it. That's what I think. It's just a form of sincerity.

There are many ways to be free. One of them is to transcend reality by imagination, as I try to do.

It's a town you come to for a short time.

Vanity is a natural object of temptation to a woman.

Wisdom and foolishness are practically the same. Both are indifferent to the opinions of the world

Sowing and reaping is a spiritual law...Sow generously and you will reap generously.

Successful people move on their own initiative but they know where they are going before they start.