Mountain Quotes

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Although love dwells in gorgeous palaces, and sumptuous apartments, more willingly than in miserable and desolate cottages, it cannot be denied but that he sometimes… — Giovanni Boccaccio
There's something ever egotistical in mountain tops and towers, and all things grand and lofty. — Herman Melville
One who can move mountains start with the little stones. — Confucius
The silence of the mountain is even more beautiful once the birds are quiet. — Taisen Deshimaru
The only zen thoughts you can find on a mountain summit are those you brought yourself. — Robert M. Pirsig
What we call strategy is mainly just crossing rivers on bridges and passing mountains though cols. — Anatole France
A dwarf can stand on a mountain, he's no taller. — Seneca the Younger
Between the shores of the oceans and the summit of the highest mountain is a secret route that you must absolutely take before being one… — Khalil Gibran
Everyone praises the views you get from mountain tops, but no one talks about the views that they block. — Nils Kjaer
When you are totally defeated you begin again to enjoy the small things around you. Just going to the mountains, not for victory or glory,… — Wojciech Kurtyka
I just have a dream mountain under the eyelids, this is my breath, my life. — Wojciech Kurtyka
If there is such a thing as spiritual materialism, it is displayed in the urge to possess the mountains rather than to unravel and accept… — Wojciech Kurtyka
Definition: Alpinism is the art of going through the mountains confronting the greatest dangers with the biggest of cares. What we call art here, is… — Rene Daumal
A man's passion for the mountain is, above all, his childhood which refuses to die. — Francois Mauriac
Newspapers ascribe the word "climber" to any person who falls in the mountains or off a rock. To refer to anyone who falls in the… — Pat Ament
You've climbed the highest mountain in the world. What's left ? It's all downhill from there. You've got to set your sights on something higher… — Willi Unsoeld
Rise early. Fix a time-table to which you must try to keep. One seldom regrets having made an early start, but one always regrets having… — Gaston Rebuffat
Through woods and mountain passes The winds, like anthems, roll. — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
In the mythic tradition, the Mountain is the bond between Earth and Sky. Its solitary summit reaches the sphere of eternity, and its base spreads… — Rene Daumal
We do not ask the mountain's aid to crack a walnut. — Wole Soyinka

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