In the mountains, fatigue is the biggest controllable limitation that will come between you and success.

You can’t coach desire, and no matter how fancy your training plan or how high your stated goals are, it comes down to getting out the door and doing the work day after day.

Within alpinism's narrow framework we seek transcendence and relentlessly pursue what remains hidden from us on flat ground: our true selves.

The depth of any story is proportionate to the protagonist's commitment to their goal, the complexity of the problem, and the grace of the solution.

Climbers are a universal tribe: we share the knowledge that things are not important. Experience is important. Feeling is important.

You will never exploit your full technical capacity if your fitness remains a weak link.

The simpler we make things, the richer the experiences become.

The descent is often as much (or more of) a challenge as the climb.

On big routes in big mountains, speed equals safety.

Many would argue that alpinism is art, not sport.

We climbers have much to learn from the training done in conventional sports.

I had thought that words were instruments of precision. Now I know that they devour the world, leaving nothing in its place.

Concerning the popularity of vampire books:I don't get it. I think people should read about bloody, heart-singing, mind-searing spirituality. Live your heart’s song, not its drippings.

Stay away from people who drive your emotions crazily. Find a better company!

Time is so important.'so spend time doing something that you love.' make the most of it and Let the good times roll in your existence!

My mind wanders a lot, but fortunately it's too weak to go very far.

Joy isn't grounded in our circumstances; it is grounded in the unchanging character of God.

Some moments can only be cured with a big squishy grandma hug.

Rascals, do you want to live forever?

In the very end, civilizations perish because they listen to their politicians and not to their poets.

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