Mountain Quotes

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The sun is roaring, it fills to bursting each crystal of snow. I flush with feeling, moved beyond my comprehension, and once again, the warm… — Peter Matthiessen
In the clearness of this Himalayan air, mountains draw near, and in such splendor, tears come quietly to my eyes and cool on my sunburned… — Peter Matthiessen
How could I say that I wished to penetrate the secrets of the mountains in search of something still unknown that, like the yeti, might… — Peter Matthiessen
The traces of upheavals become more impressive when one moves a little higher, when one gets even closer to the foot of the great mountain… — Georges Cuvier
I would like to thank the people who encouraged me to draw army cartoons at a time when the gag man's conception of the army… — Bill Mauldin
I have seen the glories of art and architecture, and mountain and river; I have seen the sunset on the Jungfrau, and the full moon… — George Frisbie Hoar
Our life is like a land journey, too even and easy and dull over long distances across the plains, too hard and painful up the… — Lloyd C. Douglas
My captain once said that you meet people in your life who you believe will be your companions on the road, only to discover that… — Sally Gardner
There are so many kinds of time. The time by which we measure our lives. Months and years. Or the big time, the time that… — Robert Charles Wilson
I like mountains, always have done. Big obstinate bits of rock sticking up where they're not wanted and getting in folk's way. Great. Climbing them… — Mark Lawrence
I have seen faith rise 'mountain high' when the truth of God's present love and compassion begins to dawn upon the minds and hearts of… — F. F. Bosworth
The greatest gift of life on the mountain is time. Time to think or not think, read or not read, scribble or not scribble --… — Philip Connors
Earth Day is the first holy day which transcends all national borders, yet preserves all geographical integrities, spans mountains and oceans and time belts, and… — Margaret Mead
Throughout history, people in all cultures and lands have gathered together at mealtimes. In forests and mountains, in humble abodes and great mansions, beneath star… — John Robbins
Amazingly, weâ€™ve become a culture that considers Twinkies, Cocoa Puffs, and Mountain Dew safe, but raw milk and compost-grown tomatoes unsafe. — Joel Salatin
There is a Soul within the Soul. Seek it out. There is a Treasure in your mountain. Seek it Out. A mystic in motion, if… — Unknown Author
When Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory… — Joseph Rodman Drake
Mountains have the power to call us into their realms and there, left forever, are our friends whose great souls were longing for the heights.… — Anatoli Boukreev
Honestly, I do not experience fear in the mountains. On the contraryI feel my shoulders straightening, squaring, like the birds as they straighten their wings.… — Anatoli Boukreev
Mountains are cathedrals: grand and pure, the houses of my religion. I go to them as humans go to worship...From their lofty summits, I view… — Anatoli Boukreev

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