The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer.

It is better to go skiing and think of God, than go to church and think of sport.

I demolish my bridges behind me - then there is no choice but forward.

Love is life's snow. It falls deepest and softest into the gashes left by the fight - whiter and purer than snow itself.

Have you not succeeded? Continue! Have you succeeded? Continue!

Happiness is the struggle towards a summit and, when it is attained, it is happiness to glimpse new summits on the other side.

Is it not in the struggle to obtain knowledge that happiness exists? I am very ignorant, consequently the conditions of happiness are mine.

You are one with your skis and nature. This is something that develops not only the body but the soul as well, and it has a deeper meaning for a people than most of us perceive.

Never stop because you are afraid - you are never so likely to be wrong.

Alas! Alas! Life is full of disappointments; as one reaches one ridge there is always another and a higher one beyond which blocks the view.

Man wants to know, and when he ceases to do so, he is no longer a man.

The face of self-pity was universally understood.

Ego doesn't want us to be loving, forgiving and kind to each other or even to ourselves.

The greatest danger to the Christian church today is that of pitching its message too low.

I'm bipolar, but I'm not crazy, and I never was. I'm stark raving sane.

History could hover, like a faint perfume or a memory stamped on the back of one's eyelids.

If everything isn't black and white, I say, 'Why the hell not?'

To run with the majority during the race of life is to be mediocre all of the time and wrong most of the time.

When actors give their input, it can be very ego-driven, and directors are scared of that.

The F-22 is a shameful, disgraceful boondoggle and it revolts me.

Keep reminding people of what's important and that their fates are correlated.