Mountain Quotes

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I overcame myself, the sufferer; I carried my own ashes to the mountains; I invented a brighter flame for myself. — Friedrich Nietzsche
In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs — Friedrich Nietzsche
Every man should pull a boat over a mountain once in his life. — Werner Herzog
Everybody wants to reach the top of the mountain, but there is no growth at the peak. It is in the valley that we slog… — Andy Andrews
Just as a mountain of snow is nothing but water, so also the whole universe is nothing but bliss. — Maharishi Mahesh Yogi
Old age is like climbing a mountain. You climb from ledge to ledge. The higher you get, the more tired and breathless you become, but… — Ingmar Bergman
For many years, at great cost, I traveled through many countries, saw the high mountains, the oceans. The only things I did not see were… — Rabindranath Tagore
Do not be caught by the sensational in nature, as a coarse red-faced sunset, a garrulous waterfall, or a fifteen thousand foot mountain... avoid prettiness… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Short is the little time which remains to thee of life. Live as on a mountain. — Marcus Aurelius
There in the mist, enormous, majestic, silent and terrible, stood the Great Wall of China. Solitarily, with the indifference of nature herself, it crept up… — W. Somerset Maugham
Each soil has had its own history. Like a river, a mountain, a forest, or any natural thing, its present condition is due to the… — Charles Kellogg
A mountain still in the distance can appear as a molehill. — Howard Fast
Once in a lifetime, perhaps, one escapes the actual confines of the flesh. Once in a lifetime, if one is lucky, one so merges with… — Loren Eiseley
I cry, Love! Love! Love! happy happy Love! free as the mountain wind! — William Blake
Bears, dragons, tempestuous on mountain and river, Startle the forest and make the heights tremble. Clouds darken beneath the darkness of rain, streams pale with… — Li Bai
Two monks sit facing, playing chess on the mountain, The bamboo shadow on the board is dark and clear. Not a person sees the bamboo's… — Bai Juyi
The relic from before birth Enters one's heart one day. Be as careful as if you were holding a full vessel, Be as gentle as… — Sun Bu'er
The mark of a moderate man is freedom from his own ideas. Tolerant like the sky, all-pervading like sunlight, firm like a mountain, supple like… — Laozi
Even kings and emperors, with mountains of property and oceans of wealth - these are not even equal to an ant, who does not forget… — Guru Nanak
Understand this: we are both tiny and massive. We are nothing more than molded clay given breath, but we are nothing less than divine self-portraits,… — N.D. Wilson

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