"My friend Kurt Maix once described this diffidence as Fear's friendly sister, the right and necessary counterweight to that courage that urges men skyward, and protects them from self-destruction."

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Source : "The White Spider: The Classic Account of the Ascent of the Eiger".

Heinrich Harrer

#Men Quotes #Climbing Quotes #Self Quotes

“And you call yourself a Christian,' were Hilly's words to me and I thought, God. When did I ever do that?”
“A man does not plant a tree for himself; he plants it for posterity.”

Source : Alexander Smith (1863). “Dreamthorp: A Book of Essays Written in the Country”, p.258
“You will not rightly call him a happy man who possesses much; he more rightly earns the name of happy who is skilled in wisely using the gifts of the gods, and in suffering hard poverty, and who fears disgrace as worse than death. [Lat., Non possidentem multa vocaveris Recte beatum; rectius occupat Nomen beati, qui Deorum Muneribus sapienter uti, Duramque callet pauperiem pati, Pejusque leto flagitium timet.]”
“I am not in favor of caste, nor separation of the brotherhood of mankind, and would as willingly live among white men as Black, if I had equal possession and enjoyment of privileges, but I shall never be reconciled living among them subservient to their will.”
“Extinguished theologians lie about the cradle of every science, as strangled snakes beside that of Hercules”
“Flowers and plants are silent presences. They nourish every sense except the ear.”
“You know, every year has been fantastic for me, I'm still here, I'm still alive and it's been fantastic.”

Source : Song: God Favored Me Pt. 1
“I might be ugly, but my cars are real pretty.”

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