With sufficient planning, you can almost eliminate adventure from an expedition.

Victory awaits him, who has everything in order - luck we call it. Defeat is definitely due for him, who has neglected to take the necessary precautions - bad luck we call it

We must always remember with gratitude and admiration the first sailors who steered their vessels through storms and mists, and increased our knowledge of the lands of ice in the South.

The English have loudly and openly told the world that skis and dogs are unusable in these regions and that fur clothes are rubbish. We shall see — we shall see.

Victory awaits him who has everything in order - luck, people call it.

A rich and varied menu is for people who have no work to do.

The numerous people who imagine that a long stay in the Polar regions makes a man less susceptible of cold than other mortals are completely mistaken.

The effect of the great and sudden change of altitude made itself felt at once; when I wanted to turn round in my bag, I had to do it a bit at a time, so as not to get out of breath.

Everything is on a reduced scale here in the Polar regions; we can't afford to be extravagant.

Politicians like the effect of alcohol because it makes them feel important.

What you get free costs too much.

You have to know exactly what you want out of your career. If you want to be a star you don't bother with other things.

Why play a chord when you can play one note?

The single most important aspect of coaching is running effective practices

I met some people who showed me a path in music where they were like hey, look, while yes, it can have to do with being popular and making money, it DOESN'T have to be.

If you foul up, tell the President and correct it fast. Delay only compounds mistakes.

I found that the clergy did not understand their own book.

Thich Nhat Hanh is one of the greatest teachers of our time. He reaches from the heights of insight down to the deepest places of the absolutely ordinary.

Blessed be his name, who hath appointed the quiet night to follow the busy day, and the calm sleep to refresh the wearied limbs and to compose the troubled spirit.