Maybe Himalayan climbing is just a bad habit, like smoking, of which one says with cavalier abandon, must give this up some day, before it kills me.

Somewhere between the bottom of the climb and the summit is the answer to the mystery why we climb.

Near the foot of the mountain we visited a yogi who dwelled in a hollow tunneled beneath a boulder. He pondered our notion of climbing Shivling and said: 'First travel, then struggle, finally calm'.

The mountain is nothing without people on it. Often you part expedition exasperated, but a year or two later you go back with the same partners knowing there's potential in this human relationship.

If we ever have children and they become climbers I'll tell them, Stay away from expeditions. They'll make you poor and neurotic.

The mountains are beautiful but they are not worth dying for.

When God places his Destiny on your life, nobody can take it away.

You will never have confidence in your prayers if you fail to be prudent with your words.

There are three stupids:A woman who thinks she does not deserve more, a man who believes he is superior, and a God who considers himself always right.

The empty vessel giveth a greater sound than the full barrel.

Sometimes I get so bold and I'm so confident about what I'm doing that I actually try to be more of a dork because it's a really liberating feeling to experience what it's like to not care.

In the 24th century there will be no hunger, there will be no greed, and all the children will know how to read.

If you're my bestfriend I shouldn't have to ask you to lie for me.

It's not so much the question that offends me; it's that the people asking it don't seem to respect the moral seriousness of the question.

Strong hearts and helpful hands are needed, and, fortunately, we have them in every part of our beloved country.

Give me a mystery - just a plain and simple one - a mystery which is diffidence and silence, a slim little bare-foot mystery: give me a mystery - just one!