Don't settle down and sit in one place. Move around, be nomadic, make each day a new horizon.

This forms the nub of a dilemna that every Everest climber eventually comes up against: in order to succeed you must be exceedingly driven, but if you're too driven you're likely to die.

You should own nothing except what you can carry on your back at a dead run.

I read somewhere... how important it is in life not necessarily to be strong, but to feel strong... to measure yourself at least once.

That's what was great about him. He tried. Not many do.

You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only...from human relationships. God has placed it all around us...and all you have to do is reach for it.

There is nothing glamorous or romantic about war. It's mostly about random pointless death and misery.