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

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.

I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward.

Is it not in the struggle to obtain knowledge that happiness exists? I am very ignorant, consequently the conditions of happiness are mine.

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

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

It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport.