Have you not succeeded? Continue! Have you succeeded? Continue!

It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport.

I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward.

Love is life's snow. It falls deepest and softest into the gashes left by the fight - whiter and purer than snow itself.

The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.

Happiness is the struggle towards a summit and, when it is attained, it is happiness to glimpse new summits on the other side.

Is it not in the struggle to obtain knowledge that happiness exists? I am very ignorant, consequently the conditions of happiness are mine.

You are one with your skis and nature. This is something that develops not only the body but the soul as well, and it has a deeper meaning for a people than most of us perceive.

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.

Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.

Man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, he is no longer a man.

Darkness, no matter how powerful it may seem, can be driven back by the tiniest spark.

Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn’t have to be like this.

We always pay dearly for chasing after what is cheap.

Don't you know, priests, why our sermons do not touch the people's heart? Because we do not preach to the eyes, only to the ears.

I've gotten very good at detaching whenever I have to go away for three months, which I realize is hard on friends and kind of selfish.

String theory is 21 st century physics that fell accidentally into the 20th century.

I'm going to stop punishing my children by saying, “Never mind! I'll do it myself.

Beware of what you want-for you will get it.

Together, we'll build a far better future for America -- a future of growth, opportunity, and security, anchored by the values of a people who are confident, compassionate, and whose heart is good.

The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event.