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.

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.

You can get your time and your life under control only to the degree to which you discontinue lower-value activities.

Sell it, don't Smell it.

I think [ chief organizer of the Democratic Party ] it's something that I have an interest in.

Character is what you do in the dark.

Do you remember what you said to me once? That you could help me only by loving me? Well-you did love me for a moment; and it helped me. It has always helped me.

That which is inherent in man is his virtue.

A business is successful to the extent that it provides a product or service that contributes to happiness in all of its forms.

Osho is a mystical giant, a flowering of a unique intelligence and one of those rare humans ex-pressing himself with joy.

Shall I compare thee to a summer's day?