“Mountains cannot be surmounted except by winding paths.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
“The experienced mountain climber is not intimidated by a mountain -- he is inspired by it. The persistent winner is not discouraged by a problem -- he is challenged by it. Mountains are created to be conquered; adversities are designed to be defeated; problems are sent to be solved. It is better to master one mountain than a thousand foothills.”
William Arthur Ward
“The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us, and though distant, is close to us in spirit - this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden”
“I'll love you, dear, I'll love you till China and Africa meet and the river jumps over the mountain and the salmon sing in the street.”
W. H. Auden
“There are many paths to the top of the mountain, but the view is always the same”
Chinese Proverbs
“In the mountains, the shortest way is from peak to peak: but for that you must have long legs”
Friedrich Nietzsche
“Faith, indeed, has up to the present not been able to move real mountains . . . But it can put mountains where there are none.”
