Happiness is the struggle towards a summit and, when it is attained, it is happiness to glimpse new summits on the other side.

Man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, he is no longer a man.

Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.

Love is life's snow. It falls deepest and softest into the gashes left by the fight - whiter and purer than snow itself.

The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.

The first great thing is to find yourself and for that you need solitude and contemplation - at least sometimes. I can tell you deliverance will not come from the rushing noisy centers of civilization. It will come from the lonely places.

Never keep a line of retreat: it is a wretched invention.