The wind is the appalling enemy. It is mind-destroying, physically-destroying, soul-destroying.

There was no more grass, no flowers, not even any moss: dusty granite blocks covered the ice and an occasional grinding groan reminded us that we were on a slow-moving glacier.

I look at climbing not so much as standing on the top as seeing the other side. There are always other horizons in front of you, other horizons to go beyond and that's what I like about climbing.

If you're going climbing with young people, you get very, very used to seeing your climbing partner as a tiny little dot.

There is need for a new foundation and this foundation is laid in us on the day of our salvation

A soul gives power to the mind

The ideal adventurer needs... the quality of not being content to mind his own affairs...

England was a cold, backward, rebellious little kingdom. It's king: Henry the Eighth, remembered principally for his six wives and the chicken legs clutched in his fat fists.

Truth can prevail only in virtue of truth itself.

It's hard for managers to consider different perspectives if they never ask people what they think.

I was obsessed with the idea of fasting and isolation.

There's always risk. But I'm going to come in and play hard. I want to come in and contribute.

London scene consists of mostly foreigners. We see ourselves as British in many ways, but not English.

I started watching some 'Doctor Who' recently on my own and got too scared. I had to watch it in the daytime - I'm pathetic.