…the worst thing said about him is that he was "uncurious.

The more you know, the less you need.

The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won’t happen if you compromise away the entire process.

…most of the damage we cause to the planet is the result of our own ignorance.

How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.

Perfectionism is a disease. Procrastination is a disease. ACTION is the cure.

In the letters section, a Scot reminds his readers of the ‘Glorious Alliance’ between France and Mary Queen of Scots, which explains why Scotland should not share the rabid Europhobia of Englishmen.

Initiative without action is the same as having the mind to acknowledge a problem, but not having the heart to see it through.

I heard the bells on Christmas Day Their old familiar carols play And wild and sweet The words repeat Of peace on earth good-will to men!

The Amateur Marriage grew out of the reflection that of all the opportunities to show differences in character, surely an unhappy marriage must be the richest.

Your power comes from the songs.

Involvement in the arts engages kids in their community, improves self-esteem, reclaims at-risk youth, and builds the creative skills that are required of a 21st century workforce

It was a very stupid thing to do, I'll admit, but I hardly didn't even know I was doing it.

My visions of the future are always pretty much standard issue. The rich get richer, the poor get poorer and there are flying cars.

I do think that memoirs by women are reviewed differently and considered somewhat outside of the canon.