Mountaineers are one of the few groups to celebrate before the finish line. More mountaineers die on the descent than on the ascent.

Emotion has its place, but it must not interfere with taking the appropriate action.

I didn’t say a word. He wouldn’t be using oxygen. K2 is more dangerous than Everest.

Don’t ever let anyone tell you that you cannot have an opinion.

Jim turned his head slowly to look into my eyes and shuddered. “It’s the closest I’ve ever felt to dying.

If you become the light of peace there will be no darkness of hatred.

Stop blaming people for not helping you. No matter how your teacher teaches you to recite a poem, you can’t wear her smiling face to the platform. You’ve got to put that smile on your own face.

Men become old but they never become good.

Work is hard. Distractions are plentiful. And time is short.

What I am fighting is the idea that charity is a moral duty and a primary virtue.

One I'm deeply into is Doris Kearns Goodwin's "Team of Rivals." I was the only person in the US who hadn't read it.

The dog and the rabbit are telling us not to chase unattainable material goals.

too great pity is the greatest cruelty.

Judaism is important to me from a tribal point of view.

Throwing a knuckleball for a strike is like throwing a butterfly with hiccups across the street into your neighbor's mailbox.