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

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.

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

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

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

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.