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A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well than a fool can from a mountain top.-Unknown
The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.-Albert Camus
Duty is heavier than a mountain, death lighter than a feather.- al'Lan Mandragoran & Robert Jordan
On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.- Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
It isn't the mountains ahead that wear you out, it's the grain of sand in your shoe.- Unknown
In each age men of genius undertake the ascent. From below, the world follows them with their eyes. These men go up the mountain, enter the clouds, disappear, reappear, People watch them, mark them. They walk by the side of precipices. They daringly pursue their road. See them aloft, see them in the distance; they are but black specks. On they go. The road is uneven, its difficulties constant. At each step a wall, at each step a trap. As they rise the cold increases. They must make their ladder, cut the ice and walk on it., hewing the steps in haste. A storm is raging. Nevertheless they go forward in their madness. The air becomes difficult to breath. The abyss yawns below them. Some fall. Others stop and retrace their steps; there is a sad weariness. The bold ones continue. They are eyed by the eagles; the lightning plays about them: the hurricane is furious. No matter, they persevere.- Victor Hugo
My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.-Aldous Huxley
Peace, Love, Liberty
Kris McCraw
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