Definition: Alpinism is the art of going through the mountains confronting the greatest dangers with the biggest of cares. What we call art here, is the application of a knowledge to an action.

Each time dawn appears, the mystery is there in its entirety.

Philosophy teaches how man thinks he thinks; but drinking shows how he really thinks.

The door to the invisible must be visible.

A knife is neither true nor false, but anyone impaled on its blade is in error.

Words are made for a certain exactness of thought, as tears are for a certain degree of pain. What is least distinct cannot be named; what is clearest is unutterable.

I believe in the freedom of choice in both life and death.

How, then, shall God give himself entirely to that one who, besides his God, loves creatures still?

I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works.

Those who have had anything useful to say have said it far too often, and those who have had nothing to say have been no more reticent.

One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it any better.

It is a bizarre world. It is an upside down, inside out, quantum physics world. It is the eve of destruction in America.

O Jesus, here present in the Holy Eucharist, Thy Heart is all aglow with love for me! Thou dost call me, Thou dost urge me to come to Thee.

And as such, we need to be empathetic and understanding.

Riches are able to solder up abundance of flaws.

Donald Trump was just an entertaining buffoon to watch.