“When you stop learning, stop listening, stop looking and asking questions, always new question, then it is time to die”

“To believe in something not yet proved and to underwrite it with our lives...”

“None but the weak crave to be better than. Strong men are satisfied with their own strength.”

“How often have I noticed or, indeed, listened to him? We talk, but do I actually listen, or is our conversation mainly a question of my waiting for him to stop and for it to be my turn to say something? For how many of us is that what conversation means - the setting up of our lines?”

“For a climber, saying that you are stopping by Everest is like saying that you are stopping by to see God.”

“In answer to a question you asked me not a long ago, a question I didn’t answer at the time…it is worth it. Love is a perilous dance too, you see. And if we stop dancing, we’ll die.Don’t ever stop dancing.”

“It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or fortune, but just yourself that kept things from you.”