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.

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

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

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.

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

You are one with your skis and nature. This is something that develops not only the body but the soul as well, and it has a deeper meaning for a people than most of us perceive.