“There is no pleasure in flying to the top! The pleasure is climbing up there step by step, feeling every single muscle!”

“There's an undeniable pleasure in stepping into an open-top sports car driven by a beautiful woman. It feels like you're climbing into a metaphor.”

“The escalator seems to me to typify this: It leads us up, by climbing on our behalf. Yes, it doesn't even climb, it flies. Each step carries its shopper aloft, as though afraid he might change his mind. It takes us up to merchandise we might not have bothered to climb an ordinary flight of steps for.”

“Every journey begins with a single step.”

“When you climb a mountain, look to the top and not to the rocks that surround you. Make sure of where you step as you climb, and do not leap, in case you loose your footing.”

“The higher the joy is not the light, it's the reflection. The greater pleasure is not climbing up; it's handing down”