My friend Kurt Maix once described this diffidence as Fear's friendly sister, the right and necessary counterweight to that courage that urges men skyward, and protects them from self-destruction. — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share Image
“We had learned on the North Face of the Eiger that men are good and the earth on which we were born is good.” — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share Image
“The absolute simplicity. That's what I love. When you're climbing your mind is clear and free from all confusions. You have focus. And suddenly… — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share Image
“Rich or poor, all come full of devotion and with no inner misgivings to lay their offerings before the gods and to pray for their blessing. Is there any people so uniformly attached to their religion and so obedient to it in their daily life? I have always envied the Tibetans their simple faith, for all my life I have… — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share
“Floating down the river, I could not keep my eyes off the Potala; I knew the Dalai Lama was on the roof looking at… — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share Image
“Decades of destruction, suppression, genocide, sterilization, and political indoctrination could not break the Tibetans’ will for freedom, or their deep-rooted religious beliefs. On” — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share Image
“Tibetans are not famed for their perseverance. Full of enthusiasm at the start, and ready for anything new, their interest flags before long. For this reason I kept losing pupils and replacing them, which was not very satisfactory for me. The children of good families whom I taught were without exception intelligent and wide awake, and were not inferior to… — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share
We have a saying in Tibet: If a problem can be solved there is no use worrying about it. If it can't be solved,… — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share Image
“I have always envied the Tibetans their simple faith, for all my life I have been a seeker. Though I learned, while in Asia, the way to meditate, the final answer to the riddle of life has not been vouchsafed to me. But I have at least learned to contemplate the events of life with tranquillity and not let myself… — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share
“It was inevitable that Red China would invade Tibet, and then there would be no place for us two friends of Tibetan independence.” — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share Image
“What has since happened in Tibet is hardly to be believed. More than 1.2 million Tibetans lost their lives and of about six thousand… — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share Image
