To travel, to experience and learn: that is to live.

I needed to go . . . the pull of Everest was stronger for me than any force on earth.

It has been a long road. From a mountain coolie, a bearer of loads, to a wearer of a coat with rows of medals who is carried about in planes and worries about income tax.

I have climbed my mountain, but I must still live my life.

If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame.

If I know I make this much trouble, I never climb Everest.

I hope my twin brother will look exactly like me but more sporty.

Though my father was a sirdar, he always carried loads. It is hard for someone who is walking unburdened to generate in others an enthusiasm for work.

People who understand how to convert their time into useful products do not complain of boredom. They have too many important tasks to accomplish that they can hardly get bored.

God, the Creator of everything, is not a person but a power and presence whose work is based on definite principles which we call ‘Cosmic Laws’ or ‘Natural Laws’ or ‘Universal Laws’.

I have always had a bad memory, as far back as I can remember.

Industrial agriculture now accounts for over half of America's water pollution.

I've been so entwined with technology since I was about 15, recording myself and multitracking and producing things on my own.

The best way to improve our lives is to improve our thoughts.

[E]mpathy - not squishy self-serving conflict avoidance - is the hand-maiden, not the enemy, of reason and intellectual inquiry.

My peer network is international. It's people all over the place who I know, and respect their work. It's not really delineated by traditional nationalist ideas.

When God wants to accomplish something, He calls dedicated men and women to challenge His people and lead the way

Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.