It is the ultimate wisdom of the mountains that a man is never more a man than when he is striving for what is beyond his grasp.

To know a little less and to understand a little more: that, it seems to me, is our greatest need.

We are so clothed in rationalization and dissemblance that we can recognize but dimly the deep primal impulses that motivate us.

It was not a mere man he was holding, but a giant; or a block of granite. The pull was unendurable. The pain unendurable.

Άλλα ζητεί η ψυχή σου, γι’ άλλα κλαίει·

Wisdom knows the way. Understanding sees the way. Passion feels the way. Love goes all the way.

To describe my mother would be to write about a hurricane in its perfect power. Or the climbing, falling colors of a rainbow.

I am the proud owner of several complexes. But who isn’t? When you think about it, isn’t a person just a structure built in reaction to the landscape and the weather?

For if you look closelyAt the so called idols of the worldThey have something in common.They were ignorantThey ignored the noiseThey created their own path.

Men who refuse to worship the true God now worship themselves with tender devotion.

The alternative to doubt is authority, against which science had fought for centuries.

Maybe-- maybe love makes you suspicious and doubting. Is it true that when you love a woman you are never sure-- never sure of her because you aren't sure of yourself?

Luckily, I had incredible parents who, when they saw a problem, didn't say, "Why doesn't somebody do something?" They would say, "Why don't we do something?".

That will to love is very powerful. But it doesn't always win.