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

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.

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

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 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.

It is not our high purposes alone that make us moving creatures, but our humble needs and cravings.

While creating a social brand is a necessary endeavor, building a social business is an investment...

I have never believed in the Wizard of Oz theory of consulting, that I am all-knowing and all-seeing, and that everyone around me is kind of a backbencher

Stress is wanting something to be the way it isn't.

No garment which distorts the shape and motion of the wearer is beautiful, nor s any garment beautiful which emphasizes more than one or at most two of your sexual characteristics.

Philosophy of science without history of science is empty; history of science without philosophy of science is blind.

The only thing that goes on in your life is what your allow to go on in your life

The love of form is a love of endings.

I think you can learn to have much more pleasant thoughts moving through your mind that will help ease any situation, and it takes making a conscious choice to do so.

Whatever character you play, remember they are always doing something they are not just talking.