Clear Quote by Hanshan

'Precious' is strangely uplifting. It goes down into the valley but it also goes to the mountain tops. A lot of difficult realities are…

— Geoffrey S. Fletcher

All finite things reveal infinitude: The mountain with its singular bright shade Like the blue shine on freshly frozen snow, The after-light upon ice-burdened…

— Theodore Roethke

What wonders lie in every mountain day!

— John Muir

How wonderful is Cold Mountain Climbers are all afraid The moon shines on clear water twinkle twinkle Wind rustles the tall grass Plum trees…

— Hanshan

Climb the steep Cold Mountain way Roads to Cold Mountain are many and never ending The valleys are long and deep, the peaks piled…

— Hanshan

If there were no valleys of sadness and death, we could never really appreciate the sunshine of happiness on the mountain top.

— Roy Rogers

“The weeks up there were almost the most beautiful in my life. I breathed the pure, clear air, drank the icy water from streams…

— Hermann Hesse

“Down through the middle of the Valley flows the crystal Merced, River of Mercy, peacefully quiet, reflecting lilies and trees and the onlooking rocks;…

— John Muir

“Unearth gems found in the valley and celebrate the fresh breath at the top of the mountains. The journey through the valley and the…

— Gift Gugu Mona

“How many times did the sun shine, how many times did the wind howl over the desolate tundras, over the bleak immensity of the…

— Emile Argand

One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

“Hence the dazzling mountain scene that takes our breath away should not provoke us to try to seize and freeze the moment, but to…

— Daniel J. Treier