At Patagonia, making a profit is not the goal because the Zen master would say profits happen 'when you do everything else right'.

Mastery... is to work toward simplicity; replace complex technology with knowledge, hard work, and skill.

Remember: if you take bivouac equipment along, you will bivouac.

You ask me about the past, you ask me about the future, the only way to be happy is to be living right now.

You have to remember this was the '60s, when climbing was dangerous and sex was safe.

Most of the damage we cause to the planet is the result of our own ignorance.

The hardest thing in the world is to simplify your life; it’s so easy to make it complex.