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.

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

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.

I want something that is nothing like the past.

I used to paint a lot of oil and now I paint more mixed-media stuff.

I find auditioning to be a very illusive process, where actors come in with this really big result with no process, so it's a lie already at work.

Men's hearts are being searched...it is a tremendous sifting time, not only of actions but of inner motives. Nothing can escape the all-searching eye of God.

Hollywood is a town; it's not a medium. And cinema is a medium you can practice anywhere.

I will always have a career. I believe in working. I don't believe that taking care of your house and children is enough for a woman. You don't feel complete.

The soul was never put in the body to stand still.

I’ll tell you the secret to good teaching: make possible an experience without predetermining what that experience will be.

A fool is only troublesome, a pedant insupportable.