“Maybe we are less than our dreams, but that less would make us more than some gods would dream of.”
“Wars are fought for the benefit of oligarchs, triumphs bought with the blood of peons.”
“I read somewhere, how important it is in life, to not necessarily be strong. But to feel strong.”
“I hate the sin, but I love the sinner.”
Source : Thomas Buchanan Read (1874). “The wagoner of the Alleghanies”, p.401
Edward Whymper
Mountaineer
Gaston Rebuffat
Mountain guide
Lionel Terray
Climber