I have known many gods. He who denies them is blind as he who trusts them too deeply.

Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.

The more I see of what you call civilization, the more highly I think of what you call savagery!

Barbarianism is the natural state of mankind. Civilization is unnatural. It is the whim of circumstance. And barbarianism must ultimately triumph

Break the skin of civilization and you find the ape, roaring and red-handed.

The only safe enemy was a headless enemy.

For man's only weapon is courage that flinches not from the gates of Hell itself, and against such not even the legions of Hell can stand.

But not all men seek rest and peace; some are born with the spirit of the storm in their blood.

What is death but a traversing of eternities and a crossing of cosmic oceans?

Man can be that which he wishes to be; form and substance, they are but shadows. The mind, the ego, the essence of the god-dream -- that is real, that is immortal.

I know this: if life is illusion, then I am no less an illusion, and being thus, the illusion is real to me. I live, I burn with life, I love, I slay, and am content.

No matter how much I think, no matter how much I try, I can't fill this void of loneliness in my heart.

Your self…is other people, all the people you're tied to, and it's only a thread.

We should learn to smile as we fall, So much so as when we have it all.

When you're skiing, if you're not falling you're not trying.

I really haven't liked the commercialization of mountaineering, particularly of Mt. Everest. By paying $65,000, you can be conducted to the summit by a couple of good guides.

There is no stranger under the cherry tree.

No matter how bad things get, you got to go on living, even if it kills you.

12 of the best years of my life - It will never be forgotten.

I've always had problems with guys!

The center that I cannot find is known to my unconscious mind.