Air Quote by D.T. Suzuki

Sometimes you have to fall from the mountain to realize what your climbing for.

— Junie

Just when the mountain looks too high, the obstacles too great between you and your goals you suddenly see The beautiful blue sky, the…

— Anonymous

Sometimes you have to fall from the mountain to realize what you are climbing for.

— Anonymous

Mountaineering is a complex and unique way of life, interweaving elements of sport, art and mysticism. Success or failure depends on the ebb and…

— Wojciech Kurtyka

With all the infinite possibilities of spiritual life before you, do not settle down on a little patch of dusty ground at the mountain's…

— J.R. Miller

Sometimes you have to fall off the mountain... to realize what you're climbing for.

— Superman

In the mountains, worldly attachments are left behind, and in the absence of material distractions, we are opened up to spiritual thought. We should…

— Jamling Tenzing Norgay

The goal of climbing big, dangerous mountains should be to attain some sort of spiritual and personal growth, but this won't happen if you…

— Yvon Chouinard

“Mountains have long been a geography for pilgrimage, place where people have been humbled and strengthened, they are symbols of the sacred center. Many…

— Joan Halifax

I cannot agree that mountain climbing is merely one manifestation of man's spiritual aspirations. I think instead it is a hysterical paroxysm of his…

— Rex Stout

Classic mountaineering grows out of a traditional romantic imagination. Its heart is the feeling, its path is blood, sweat and tears, and its restriction…

— Wojciech Kurtyka

Faith can move mountains but let them happily fall down on the heads of other people. What's the point in moving mountains when it's…

— Boris Vian