My mind is in a state of constant rebellion. I believe that will always be so.

We don't live to eat and make money. We eat and make money to be able to enjoy life. That is what life means, and that is what life is for.

The highest of the world's mountains, it seems, has to make but a single gesture of magnificence to be the lord of all, vast in unchallenged and isolated supremacy.

What we get from this adventure is just sheer joy. And joy is, after all, the end of life. We do not live to eat and make money.

Because it is there [famous explanation for wanting to climb Mount Everest].

The first question which you will ask and which I must try to answer is this; What is the use of climbing Mount Everest? and my answer must at once be, it is no use. There is not the slightest prospect of any gain whatsoever.

- Why do you want to climb Mt. Everest, Sir? - Because it is there.