A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes he is no longer indispensable.

In Winter, [the Antarctic] is perhaps the dreariest of places. Our base, Little America, lay in a bowl of ice, near the edge of the Ross Ice Barrier. The temperature fell as low as 72 degrees below zero. One could actually hear one's breath freeze.

Progress grows out of motion.

Give praise to others while they are here they won't need it in the hereafter.

The human race cannot go forward without liberty. If this be correct, then all people everywhere should strive for liberty. If they achieve liberty, they will get a chance to pursue happiness and perhaps will be able to develop toward the ultimate goal of creation.

Solitude is an excellent laboratory in which to observe the extent to which manners and habits are conditioned by others.

Few men during their lifetime come anywhere near exhausting the resources dwelling within them. There are deep wells of strength that are never used.

I am learning that a man can live profoundly without masses of things.

I am hopeful that Antarctica in its symbolic robe of white will shine forth as a continent of peace as nations working together there in the cause of science set an example of international cooperation.

A static hero is a public liability. Progress grows out of motion.

Christianity has not failed. It is simply that nations have failed to try it. There would be no war in a God-directed world.

Half of the confusion in the world comes from not knowing how little we need.

There are deep wells of strength that are never used.