I went whenever I could, and always my eyes lifted to the hills. I was to find a spiritual and physical satisfaction… — Alfred Wainwright Copy Share Image
There are grander and more sublime landscapes - to me. There are more compelling cultures. But what appeals to me about central… — Sam Abell Copy Share Image
It is done. Once again the Fire has penetrated the earth, not with the sudden crash of thunderbolt, riving the mountain tops:… — Pierre Teilhard de Chardin Copy Share Image
To say prayers in a decent, delicate way is not heavy work. But to pray really, to pray till hell feels the… — Edward McKendree Bounds Copy Share Image
And this is a kiss like none before, a kiss that could overcome the dark of deep space night. It's a falling… — Ellen Hopkins Copy Share Image
One of the jobs of art is to inspire discussion, and Brokeback Mountain certainly has done that. It's like a window and… — Diana Ossana Copy Share Image
What I saw so clearly when I started climbing was adventure. Difficulty was only an ingredient. I never thought to wonder about… — Peter Croft Copy Share Image
My first show at MoMA in New York was pictures of new developments along the eastern edge of the Rocky Mountains. They… — Robert Adams Copy Share Image
The solitary ascent of the Dru had the immediate effect of expanding the horizons of my ideas about mountaineering. It made me… — Walter Bonatti Copy Share Image
The true essence of Chinese culture is sophistication, refinement, the spirit of poetry. The spirit of ink painting and calligraphy lives on… — Michael Chow Copy Share Image
I play guitar, the ukulele and the piano. I grew up on a mountain in Tennessee, and we had 'The Mountain Opry,'… — Rachel Boston Copy Share Image
God is in the mountains. Impassive, immovable, jagged giants, separating the celestial from the terrestrial with eternal diagonal certainty. As if silently… — Russell Brand Copy Share Image
Achieving the summit of a mountain was tangible, immutable, concrete. The incumbent hazards lent the activity a seriousness of purpose that was… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
I first went into samadhi when I was 19. I was meditating in the mountains and had been meditating on a daily… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
...full of God's thoughts, a place of peace and safety amid the most exalted grandeur and enthusiastic action, a new song, a… — John Muir Copy Share Image
Like a human being, the mountain is a composite creature, only to be known after many a view from many a different… — Freya Stark Copy Share Image
Climbing is my lifelong journey. And in the same way you go running and you have days where you really feel in… — Chris Sharma Copy Share Image
The mountains are so beautiful they make me ache inside because the moment I look away I know I shall need to… — Anne Perry Copy Share Image
Enjoyment, on the other hand, is not always pleasant, and it can be very stressful at times. A mountain climber, for example,… — Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi Copy Share Image
The Buddha, the Godhead, resides quite as comfortably in the circuits of a digital computer or the gears of a cycle transmission… — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
I felt him there with me. The real David. My David. David, you are still here. Alive. Alive in me.Alive in the… — Kelly Easton Copy Share Image
Choose the mountain you want to climb: don't pay attention to what other people say, such as "that one's more beautiful" or… — Paulo Coelho Copy Share Image
We hence acquire this sublime and interesting idea; that all the calcareous mountains in the world, and all the strata of clay,… — Erasmus Darwin Copy Share Image
Take from my palms, to soothe your heart, a little honey, a little sun, in obedience to Persephone's bees. You can't untie… — Osip Mandelstam Copy Share Image
Sunrays, leaning on our southern hills and lighting Wild cloud-mountains that drag the hills along, Oft ends the day of your shifting… — George Meredith Copy Share Image
You know what I'd really like to do the most right now? Climb up to the top of some high place like… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
If children have an interest in nature, they will understand. I want them to become people who appreciate the consequences the next… — Tamae Watanabe Copy Share Image
I'm not the kind of person who's going to look at the top of a mountain and go, 'Oh, look at that!… — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
Cities are natural, that's why they're everywhere. It's not like there's only one city, and everybody's like 'What the f**k is this?'… — Joe Rogan Copy Share Image
I haven't written poetry in a long time but I read it and I miss it. It is so hard to write.… — Ellen Gilchrist Copy Share Image
Solving a problem for which you know there’s an answer is like climbing a mountain with a guide, along a trail someone… — Yoko Ogawa Copy Share Image
Down below the broad, roaring waves of the sea break against the deep foundation of the rock. But high above the mountain,… — Rudolf Otto Copy Share Image
Behold, I have reached the peak of the mountain and my spirit has taken flight in the heavens of freedom and liberation.… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
You sleep with a dream of summer weather, wake to the thrum of rain—roped down by rain. Nothing out there but drop-heavy… — Anne Stevenson Copy Share Image
No matter what you're facing in your life, what obstacles you might have, and what you feel your limitations might be, there's… — Brad Willis Copy Share Image
Faith, stay here this night; they will surely do us no harm; you saw they speak us fair, give us gold; methinks… — William Shakespeare Copy Share Image
The mountain gorilla faces grave danger of extinction - primarily because of the encroachments of native man upon its habitat - and… — Dian Fossey Copy Share Image
Everest wasn't like any other mountain. Only one of ten climbers who attempt the mountain stands on the summit. And for every… — Stacy Allison Copy Share Image
Men hang out their signs indicative of their respective trades; shoe makers hang out a gigantic shoe; jewelers a monster watch, and… — Daniel Webster Copy Share Image
Nothing is more powerful than allowing yourself to truly be affected by things. Whether it’s a song, a stranger, a mountain, a… — Zooey Deschanel Copy Share Image
