Now I approach climbing differently. I have learned less effort and energy, less obsession, and more feeling, as with piano, more emphasis and less frenzy.

The whole idea of comparing climbers is ludicrous. It would be like sitting Van Gogh down with Rembrandt and saying, Ready, get set, go.

What one leads on-sight, in good, strong style, safely, is what one's ability is.

Riding a bike works your legs but not your brain. Playing chess works your mind but not your body. Climbing brings it all together.

Trithemius' concern for conservation was rare, indeed, and is a lesson to modern library managers who discard printed volumes, believing that e-books are the only way of the future.

In life, when you have a partner–someone you can rely on and trust with everything that you are–there isn’t anything you can’t accomplish. I will always be there for you, if you let me.

Hope kept us alive in the midst of the turbulence.

Never feel like you need to visit him, ever?" "I see him every morning in the mirror. I think of him as the ghost version of me. And who needs to visit your own ghost?

Better a dish of illusion and a hearty appetite for life than a feast of reality and indigestion therewith.

The mathematics of rhythm are universal. They don't belong to any particular culture.

Refrain from being too judgmental. You'll often be surprised by what people have to offer.

When people look you in the eye and call you stupid, dont look away, but tell them that half of the world is stupid and they are one of them because they are dening their own stupidity.

We live in the country, and I have a huge library there. When we go to London for the winter I never know which books to take. I never know what I am going to need. Thats the only disadvantage.

Jesus cannot be just liked. His claims make us either kill him or crown him.