Viewed from the summit of reason, all life looks like a malignant disease and the world like a madhouse. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Life is but a day: A fragile dewdrop on its perilious way From a tree's summit — John Keats Copy Share Image
If the limit of age 80 is at the summit of Mt Everest, the highest place on Earth, one can never be happier. — Yuichiro Miura Copy Share Image
At G-20 summit, I worked with US and other countries to bring black money back. — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
You climb to reach the summit, but once there, discover that all roads lead down. — Stanislaw Lem Copy Share Image
Fantastic writing in English is kind of disreputable, but fantastic writing in translation is the summit. — Jonathan Lethem Copy Share Image
High office, is like a pyramid; only two kinds of animals reach the summit — reptiles and eagles. — Jean le Rond d'Alembert Copy Share Image
The summit is the mere formality, the ceremonial demonstration of what was agreed to long ago, weeks, months before the summit. — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
Over the summit, I saw the so-called Mono desert lying dreamily silent in the thick, purple light -- a desert of heavy… — John Muir Copy Share Image
It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it. — Gustav Mahler Copy Share Image
The leaders of the world's largest economies agreed during the November 2008 G20 summit not to create barriers hindering global trade and… — Vladimir Putin Copy Share Image
I have a strong lead so far, and I would be proud to win it because it remains the summit for a… — Hermann Maier Copy Share Image
You think this is going to work? This peaceful summit thing?” “Sure,” I said. After a second, I added, “Probably.” “Probably?” “Maybe,”… — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
To ask for power is forcing uphill a stone which after all rolls back again from the summit and seeks in headlong… — Lucretius Copy Share Image
I believe that living on the edge, living in and through your fear, is the summit of life, and that people who… — John H. Johnson Copy Share Image
To be allowed to call her "Dora", to write to her, to dote upon and worship her, to have reason to think… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
To be seventy years old is like climbing the Alps. You reach a snow-crowned summit, and see behind you the deep valley… — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Copy Share Image
Kofi Annan described World Summit on the Information Society as the first summit to deal primarily with an opportunity. The range of… — David Souter Copy Share Image
The fleeting hour of life of those who love the hills is quickly spent, but the hills are eternal. Always there will… — Alfred Wainwright Copy Share Image
Safety lies in tending towards our highest and not in resting content with an inferior potentiality… To rest in or follow after… — Sri Aurobindo Copy Share Image
I remember Adrian [Maben, director] had lots of problems with red tape and dealing with stuff. I think we lost two or… — David Gilmour Copy Share Image
I think my first thought on reaching the summit- of course, I was very, very pleased to be there, naturally - but… — Edmund Hillary Copy Share Image
The principal difference between an adventurer and a suicide is that the adventurer leaves himself a margin of escape (the narrower the… — Tom Robbins Copy Share Image
We have not chosen this time. We cannot help it if we are born as men of the early winter of full… — Oswald Spengler Copy Share Image
When the climbers in 1953 planted their flags on the highest mountain, they set them in snow over the skeletons of creatures… — John McPhee Copy Share Image
For, after all, every one who wishes to gain true knowledge must climb the Hill Difficulty alone, and since there is no… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Over the past eight years, the United States has worked hard to deepen partnerships across the region and across South-east Asia in… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of… — Jack London Copy Share Image
“To get rich, one must have but a single idea, one fixed, hard, immutable thought: the desire to make a heap of… — Petrus Borel Copy Share Image
I stand here on the summit of the mountain. I lift my head and I spread my arms. This, my body and… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“But then suddenly there was no place higher to go. I felt my cracked lips stretch into a painful grin. I was… — Jon Krakauer Copy Share Image
The only summit meeting that can succeed is one that does not take place. — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
The use of EU summits to frame political victories or defeats is an annoying habit. — Jean-Claude Juncker Copy Share Image
where would the shout of love begin, if not from the summit of sacrifice? — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
I offer my expertise and experience for hire in order to help a group of people reach the summit. — Anatoli Boukreev Copy Share Image
When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one. — Gustav Mahler Copy Share Image
Mountain hikes instilled in me a life-long urge to get to the top of any inviting summit or peak. — Paul D. Boyer Copy Share Image
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