If in normal conditions it is skill, which counts, in such extreme situations, it is the spirit, which saves.

Climbing is not a battle with the elements, nor against the law of gravity. It's a battle against oneself.

I don’t deny that there can be an element of escapism in mountaineering, but this should never overshadow its real essence, which is not escape but victory over your own human frailty.

I've always been incapable of accepting fate, and I've always refused to die, and that has helped me to survive.

It is better to enlighten men’s minds than to teach them to be obstinate in their prejudices.

You cannot really shame a man who sincerely does not care what others think of him.

I've said many times, 'You learn to win through not liking to lose.' And that's what I mean by learning how to win.

None of the bands I'm in demand constant touring, so I'm able to do a bunch of things.

Every principle has a promise.

Ruling elite have think tanks, they have research institutes, they've invaded universities, they've monopolized the cultural apparatuses.

It's pretty physically unsettling, living life on a visa.

Goodwill is the only asset that competition cannot undersell or destroy.

Soap, gloves, isolating patients, not reusing needles and quarantining the contacts of the ill - in theory it should be very easy to contain Ebola

It is within the power of every man to become great.