[T]hrough bitter experience I have learned that it is best to promise little and then to reward hard work with generosity.

A journey, I reflected, is of no merit unless it has tested you.

Contemplation is a luxury, requiring time and alternatives.

Most journeys have a clear beginning, but on some the ending is less well-defined. The question is, at what point do you bite your lip and head for home?

I felt sure we could gain the upper hand by putting ourselves in the mindset of the Incas.

Usually, there is nothing more pleasing that returning to a place where you have endured hardship.

In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, that I will come to no harm.

There's nothing like a pack of mules to give one a sense of entourage.

The first rule of an expedition is that everyone should stick together.

When I am about to embark on a difficult journey, I comfort myself by reading the accounts of the great nineteenth-century travellers, men like Stanley, Burton, Speke, Burckhardt and Barth.

Money spent on good-quality gear is always money well spent.

Disappointments are to the soul what a thunderstorm is to the air.

This world belongs to our future generations, so we have to take utmost care of it.

It’s an old Camorri tradition for when a bunch of people are planning something stupid, ” said Locke. “Actually, we have a lot of traditions for that. You’ll find out

People need to have "the dignity of risk" and "the right to fail".

The secret to living a strong life is right in front of you, calling to you every day. It can be found in your emotional reaction to specific moments in your life.

Nothing's more attractive than a heavy praying woman.

In Canada an ordinary New England house would be mistaken for the château, and while every village here contains at least severalgentlemen or "squires," there is but one to a seigniory.

The English, who eat their meat red and bloody, show the savagery that goes with such food.

I don't have to change anything. I think that's the secret to comedy. You want to be universal and appeal to everyone.

A lot of people say that comedy doesnt travel well. I found it very accessible.