"Each fresh peak ascended teaches something."

-- Martin Conway, 1st Baron Conway of Allington

#Climbing Quotes #Hiking Quotes #Mountain Quotes

“You were once wild here. Don't let them tame you.”

Source : "Fictional character: Isadora Duncan". "Isadora", www.imdb.com. 1968.
“I think we have got the wood on South Africa, but that does not mean they are not a good team. They intimidate a lot of teams but we intimidate them. There is no disrespect for South Africa; they are a very good team.”
“I work more now perhaps because I know that there is so little time left.”

Source : "Famed Colombian Artist Fernando Botero Turns 80". www.foxnews.com. April 20, 2012.
“I think that communism was a major force for violence for more than 100 years, because it was built into its ideology - that progress comes through class struggle, often violent.”
“The world in which we live is geographically one. The challenge that we face today is to make it one in terms of brotherhood.”
“Women of the working class, especially wage workers, should not have more than two children at most. The average working man can support no more and and the average working woman can take care of no more in decent fashion.”
“The disaster ruins everything, all the while leaving everything intact.”

Source : Maurice Blanchot (2015). “The Writing of the Disaster”, p.11, U of Nebraska Press
“Good government only happens when the people working in it do their jobs, and do them well.”

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