We're social beasts, and we draw society around us.

I think when Aristotle said that man is a political animal, he was really saying that man is a pack animal.

A lot of people, when you ask if they want to read your epic poem, start bolting for the door.

There's so much we can learn from dogs to become better humans.

The bullet we're running from is almost never the one that hits us

he knows that it's impossible to tell a wolffrom a man ifhe keeps his chin upand his teeth clean.

Knowing someone isn't coming backdoesn't mean you ever stop waiting

The air is cold and dusk has descended. In the distance lightning flickers and a far away rumble of thunder awakens my thoughts and makes me remember.

...victory does not come to men who listen to their fears.

Absence is the enemy of love and the friend of friendship.

A little fear is good for a fellow, it keeps him from getting over-confident.

Happiness depends more upon the internal frame of a person’s own mind, than on the externals in the world.

What we call the wisdom that comes with age is usually simple caution.

Strange the faithless fuss made about taking a walk in the safest and pleasantest of all places, a wilderness.

Cynical is a fool's word for realist.

We climbers have much to learn from the training done in conventional sports.

Bravery isn't what you do so much as how you look back at what you did.