#mountain

Adieu to disappointment and spleen. What are men to rocks and mountains? ↗

— Jane Austen

#mountains #prejudice #pride #rocks #men

It's easy to convince men to love you, Puck. All you have to do is be a mountain they have to climb or a poem they don't understand. Something that makes them feel strong or clever. It's why they love the ocean. ↗

— Maggie Stiefvater

#men #mountain #ocean #poem #love

When men see Han-shan They all say he's crazy And not much to look at - Dressed in rags and hides. They don't get what I say And I don't talk their language. All I can say to those I meet: "Try and make it to Cold Mountain. ↗

— Gary Snyder

#han-shan #men

Mountains, according to the angle of view, the season, the time of day, the beholder's frame of mind, or any one thing, can effectively change their appearance. Thus, it is essential to recognize that we can never know more than one side, one small aspect of a mountain. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#mountains #perspective #change

Faeries, come take me out of this dull world, For I would ride with you upon the wind, Run on the top of the dishevelled tide, And dance upon the mountains like a flame. ↗

— W.B. Yeats

#faeries #mountains #wind #world #dance

How to get the best of it all? One must conquer, achieve, get to the top; one must know the end to be convinced that one can win the end - to know there's no dream that mustn't be dared. . . Is this the summit, crowning the day? How cool and quiet! We're not exultant; but delighted, joyful; soberly astonished. . . Have we vanquished an enemy? None but ourselves. Have we gained success? That word means nothing here. Have we won a kingdom? No. . . and yes. We have achieved an ultimate satisfaction. . . fulfilled a destiny. . . To struggle and to understand - never this last without the other; such is the law. . . ↗

— George Mallory

#dreams #everest #mountaineering #mountains #dreams

Mountains were once my big adventure but is is over since a long time; I still dream from the wonderful days sometimes, read also a few pages from a mountain book. But the thought of doing again active mountain climbing has faded. ↗

— Fritz Zwicky

#adventure #again #also #big #big adventure

You've got to remember, Vermont is a lot of beautiful mountains with valleys and small brooks that run into bigger rivers. ↗

— Peter Shumlin

#bigger #brooks #got #into #lot

As time went on, I did campaign to lighten the character a little bit, to introduce some romance into the episodes, outside activities, horse riding and fencing and mountaineering. ↗

— Patrick Stewart

#bit #campaign #character #did #episodes

I started mountain-bike riding two years ago, which is much better than riding a stationary bike in the gym. Mountain biking is a total body workout. ↗

— Samantha Stosur

#better #bike #biking #body #gym