Here ends my forever memorable first High Sierra excursion. I have crossed the Range of Light, surely the brightest and best of all the Lord has built. And, rejoicing in its glory, I gladly, gratefully, hopefully pray I may see it again.

A tree’s a tree. How many more do you need to look at?

I am who I am today because of my mother.

I am confident I will set foot again in Tibet in my lifetime.

I believe God’s keeping the records, and I believe you will be rewarded even in this life. Somehow, some way, God will make it up to you. It may be He protected you from an accident you never knew. You can’t give God something without God giving you more in return, whether it’s peace or joy or satisfaction.

Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.

Perhaps, after all, America never has been discovered. I myself would say that it had merely been detected.

For as the eyes of bats are to the blaze of day, so is the reason in our soul to the things which are by nature most evident of all.

The pagan loves the earth in order to enjoy it and confine himself within it; the Christian in order to make it purer and draw from it the strength to escape from it.

There is always another way to say the same thing that doesn’t look at all like the way you said it before. I don’t know what the reason for this is. I think it is somehow a representation of the simplicity of nature.

I believe that my parents did wonderful things for us.

A lot of people ask me when I do a stunt, ‚Jackie, are you scared?‘ Of course I’m scared. I’m not Superman.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

Shall I not have intelligence with the earth? Am I not partly leaves and vegetable mould myself.

Any East Coast road trip we have is very exciting, just being on the road, taking it all in.

There’s a certain amount of freedom involved in cycling: you’re self-propelled and decide exactly where to go. If you see something that catches your eye to the left, you can veer off there, which isn’t so easy in a car, and you can’t cover as much ground walking.

When good Americans die they go to Paris.

I used to go away for weeks in a state of confusion.

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.

Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them.

I’m just glad to be feeling better. I really thought I’d be seeing Elvis soon.

It is not sufficient to see and to know the beauty of a work. We must feel and be affected by it.

Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.

Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don’t see what goes on underground – as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don’t see the roots. We just see and enjoy the beauty. In much the same way, what goes on inside of us is like the roots of a tree.

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many – not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

The artist forges himself to the others, midway between the beauty he cannot do without and the community he cannot tear himself away from. That is why true artists scorn nothing: they are obliged to understand rather than to judge.

Our character is not so much the product of race and heredity as of those circumstances by which nature forms our habits, by which we are nurtured and live.

To start with, I love New York… It’s a little bit of the whole world… In New York, the whole world comes to you.

It is the nature of truth in general, as of some ores in particular, to be richest when most superficial.

The learned is happy, nature to explore; The fool is happy, that he knows no more.

We are all full of weakness and errors; let us mutually pardon each other our follies – it is the first law of nature.

I was a chemistry major, but I’m always winding up as a teacher in English departments, so I’ve brought scientific thinking to literature. There’s been very little gratitude for this.

Time is but the stream I go a-fishing in.

Storms make trees take deeper roots.

Anything for the quick life, as the man said when he took the situation at the lighthouse.

Every day is a gift from God. Learn to focus on the Giver and enjoy the gift!

I try to look on all the great things God’s done, and not focus on the negative. It’s a perspective.

My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater than he would ever claim.

Fill the earth with your songs of gratitude.

If people think nature is their friend, then they sure don’t need an enemy.

Endurance is nobler than strength, and patience than beauty.

Listen; there’s a hell of a good universe next door: let’s go.

I found that part of it towards San Salvador extending from north to south five leagues, and the other side which we coasted along, ran from east to west more than ten leagues.

I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally – but my first thought was one of a little bit of surprise. I was a little bit surprised that here I was, Ed Hillary, on top of Mt. Everest. After all, this is the ambition of most mountaineers.

My greatest blessing has been the birth of my son. My next greatest blessing has been my ability to turn people into children of mine.

I love traveling all over the world; but it’s true: there’s nothing like home.

It was morning; through the high window I saw the pure, bright blue of the sky as it hovered cheerfully over the long roofs of the neighboring houses. It too seemed full of joy, as if it had special plans, and had put on its finest clothes for the occasion.

A lot of people can’t stand touring but to me it’s like breathing. I do it because I’m driven to do it.

All our actions, as well as our thoughts and words, should praise Him who always blesses us.

I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.

I have learned silence from the talkative, toleration from the intolerant, and kindness from the unkind; yet, strange, I am ungrateful to those teachers.

To God everything is beautiful, good, and just; humans, however, think some things are unjust and others just.

Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.

When one’s expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have.

How much better it would be if all could be more aware of God’s providence and love and express that gratitude to Him.

The finest works of art are precious, among other reasons, because they make it possible for us to know, if only imperfectly and for a little while, what it actually feels like to think subtly and feel nobly.

Sometimes we look back and 10 years from now we think, ‚Boy, those were great old days.‘ Well, you know, we’re living in the good old days.

When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land.

Study hard so that you can master technology, which allows us to master nature.

Fantasy is uni-age. You can start it in the creche, and it follows you to death.