Through bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.

There's nothing like a pack of mules to give one a sense of entourage.

On a harsh expedition, there's no space for anyone who does not intend to finish.

It is almost impossible to overemphasize the importance with which ancestry is held in the Middle East and North Africa.

Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship.

To Succeed, you must reach for the stars, and let your imagination find its own path

The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.