Alec Wilkinson is a spare, clear, and lucid writer who works in stylistic simplicity with material that is not simple at all.

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority.

In this very breath that we take now lies the secret that all great teachers try to tell us.

The purpose of our life is to help others through it.

Anyone who thinks they can save the world is both wrong and dangerous

Have you seen the snow leopard? No! Isn't that wonderful?

If we were doomed to live forever, we would scarcely be aware of the beauty around us.

Simultaneously I am myself, the child I was, the old man I will be.

The concept of conservation is a far truer sign of civilization than that spoilation of a continent which we once confused with progress.

How could I say that I wished to penetrate the secrets of the mountains in search of something still unknown that, like the yeti, might well be missed for the very fact of searching?

Be light, light, light - full of light!

When you leave a port, ask yourself two questions: What mark you have made on that port and what have you learned from that port?

[T]he full and complete development of a country, the welfare of the world and the cause of peace require the maximum participation of women on equal terms with men in all fi

You shouldn't get too close to the truth, because then maybe you stop being funny.

His judgments are just; His mercy without limit; His power to compensate beyond any earthly comparison.

The most important things in a friendship didn't have to be said out loud.

Feast of Stephen, Deacon, First Martyr, the man who will not act until he knows all will never act at all.

I've come to really believe that I have something to offer as a filmmaker, that goes beyond what I had to offer as an actress and maybe this is what I'm meant to do.

The average life spans of many bands are not that long, up to five years if they are lucky.

we always misunderstood ourselves, and rarely understood others

Vulgarity is simply the conduct of other people.