Every act is an expression of one's self.

Love was like a toothache.

The greatest happiness of life was to stand at the difficult border between success and failure.

When a woman dislikes the man who is courting her, she parries him cleverly, like a willow in the wind.

Danger was the grindstone on which the swordsman whetted his spirit. Enemies were teachers in disguise.

The summit is believed to be the object of the climb. But its true object--the joy of living--is not in the peak itself, but in the adversities encountered on the way up.

Not only must a warrior be strong with his bow, but he must have a heart full of pity for all living creatures.

It is easy to crush an enemy outside oneself but impossible to defeat an enemy within.

Enemies were teachers in disguise.

It's no good to want to win still more when you have already won.

Great character is forged through hardships.

A solution to stop gang banging: SNOW!!

I think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of the amateur.

We kind o' thought Christ went agin war an' pillage.

I did three tours in Vietnam. I guess a total of about almost two years.

Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.

The last thing we wanted was a copycat. When we saw [Richie Faulkner] play, we thought, "We don't have to tell this guy anything. He's got it."

World power means nothing. Only the unsayable, jeweled inner life matters.

Forget the shoes, forget the mile long walk... just stop judging each other.

Man will never be entirely willing to give up this world for the next nor the next world for this.