In the time between the two wars, a British colonial officer said that with the invention of the airplane the world has no secrets left. However, he said, there is one last mystery. There is a large country on the… — 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
“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
“Rich or poor, all come full of devotion and with no inner misgivings to lay their offerings before the gods and to pray for… — 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
“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
“Tibetans are not famed for their perseverance. Full of enthusiasm at the start, and ready for anything new, their interest flags before long. For… — 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
“I have always envied the Tibetans their simple faith, for all my life I have been a seeker. Though I learned, while in Asia,… — 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
“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
Fear... the right and necessary counterweights to that courage which urges men skyward, and protects them from self-destruction — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share
“We were told that the name Dalai Lama is not used in Tibet at all. It is a Mongolian expression meaning “Broad Ocean.” Normally… — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share
Wherever I live, I shall feel homesick for Tibet. I often think I can still hear the cries of wild geese and cranes and… — Heinrich Harrer Copy Share
