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

What I had not counted on was discovering how closely a man could come to dying and still not die, or want to die. That, too, was mine; and it also i….

There are deep wells of strength that are never used..

A hand from Washington will be stretched out and placed upon every man’s business; the eye of the federal inspector will be in every man’s counting h….

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

Patience is what you need in the Antarctic. Wait-Give wind and tide a chance to change..

A discordant mind, black with confusion and despair, would finish me off as thoroughly as the cold..

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

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

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

At the end only two things really matter to a man, regardless of who he is; and they are the affection and understanding of his family. Anything and ….

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….

The human race, my intuition tells me, is not outside the cosmic process and is not an accident. It is as much a part of the universe as the trees, t….

The human race cannot go forward without liberty. If this be correct, then all people everywhere should strive for liberty. If they achieve liberty, ….

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.….

I paused to listen to the silence. My breath, crystallized as it passed my cheeks, drifted on a breeze gentler than a whisper. The wind vane pointed ….

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

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

We men who serve science serve only a reflection in a mirror..

If the expedition had failed, which it might well have done with all hope centered in just one plane, I should still be trying to pay back my obligat….

Progress grows out of motion..