A man shares his days with hunger, thirst, and cold, with the good times and the bad, and the first part of being a man is to understand that.

I wonder why it is the man who pleads for mercy never gives it.

No man ever raised a monument to a cynic or wrote a poem about a man without faith.

A man in his life may have many teachers, some most unexpected. The question lies with the man himself: Will he learn from them?

Mountains should not be judged by altitude.

When I die, remember that what you knew of me is with you always. What is buried is only the shell of what was. Do not regret the shell, but remember the man. Remember the father.

The only power source a book needs is you. If you have to leave for a few minutes you have not lost the story. It is waiting for you when you return. You can pick up a book and resume reading at any time, after a few minutes, a few days, even a few years. A television picture or a movie might be lost forever, but your book is waiting.