Analogies Quote by Bob Marshall

We are in a position similar to that of a mountaineer who is wandering over uncharted spaces, and never knows whether behind the peak…

— Max Planck

“Most people hold their fantasies out of reach, as if their desires are a mountain they could never summit. They settle for living at…

— Katie Kacvinsky

The most stupendous scenery ceases to be sublime when it becomes distinct, or in other words limited, and the imagination is no longer encouraged…

— Henry David Thoreau

What may appear as a towering peak to one may seem but an ordinary eminence to another.

— Cargill Gilston Knott

“The higher we climb, the more comprehensive the view. Each new vantage point yields a better understanding of the interconnection of things. What is…

— Julian Barbour

To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep one's distance.

— Anagarika Govinda

“The Himalayas grew against the force of Earth’s gravity because of the resilience of crustal rock. But before you get excited about Earth’s mighty…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

In Iceland, you can see the contours of the mountains wherever you go, and the swell of the hills, and always beyond that the…

— Hannah Kent

It’s possible, I’m moving through the hard veins of heavy mountains, like an arc, alone; I’m so deep inside, I see no end in…

— Anonymous

“There are landscapes in which we feel above us not sky but space. Something larger, deeper than sky is sensed, is seen, although in…

— Tom Robbins

In Iceland, you can see the contours of the mountains wherever you go, and the swell of the hills, and always beyond that the…

— Hannah Kent

I am as one Who doth attempt some lofty mountain's height, And having gained what to the upcast eye The summit's point appear'd, astonished…

— Joanna Baillie