One cannot conceive of grander burial than that which mighty mountains bend, crack and shatter to make. Or a nobler tomb than the great upper basin of Denali.

Before the reader turns his back upon the Grand Basin once for all, I should like to put a name upon the glacier it contains - since it is the fashion to name glaciers.

Anyone who thinks that the climbing of Denali is a picnic is badly mistaken.

There can be no possible question that cold is felt much more keenly in the thin air of nineteen thousand feet than it is below.

A pupil is a great resource.

We took a straight course up the great snow ridge.

we ask for too much salvation by legislation. All we need to do is empower individuals with the right philosophy and the right information to opt out en masse. (quoting Joel Salatin)

If you teach your children, teach them the Truth of God.

From looking at your neighbor and realizing his true significance, and that he will die, pity and compassion will arise in you for him and finally you will love him.

You see a wile, you thwart. Am I right?

Knowledge is the first step of enlightenment

The industrial age had only just begun; the planet had reached its Best Before date.

Most people want to avoid pain, and discipline is usually painful.

[On the metaphysical:] ... I knew in some marvelous way I had touched the hem of the unknown. And being me, I wanted to lift that hemline a little bit more.

The winner's margin of victory also matters. If it's a squeaker, that will make the lessons learned for both parties much murkier.

Ideas go booming through the world louder than cannon. Thoughts are mightier than armies. Principles have achieved more victories than horsemen or chariots.