"You've climbed the highest mountain in the world. What's left ? It's all downhill from there. You've got to set your sights on something higher than Everest."

-- Willi Unsoeld

#Sight Quotes #Climbing Quotes #Mountain Quotes

“I plead for conservation of human culture, which is much more fragile than nature herself. We needn't destroy other cultures with the force of our own.”
“Man's greatest asset is the unsettled mind.”
“I, the soul called Wanderer, love you, human Ian. And that will never change, no matter what I might become.”
“These were people so hungry for love that they were accepting substitutes. There were embracing material things and expecting a sort of hug back. But it never works. You can't substitute material things for love or for gentleness or for tenderness or for a sense of comradeship. Money is no substitute for tenderness, and power is not a substitute for tenderness. I can tell you as I'm sitting here dying, when you most need it, neither money nor power will give you the feeling you're looking for, no matter how much of them you have.”
“The idea that murder victims' families are best served by continuing the cycle of violence is something that I consider to be not only a lie, but criminally negligent. You lie to victims' families when you tell them they're going to receive closure if they participate in the process and witness the execution of a human being.”
“Now simmer blinks on flowery braes, And o'er the crystal streamlet plays.”
“Only when we fix our gaze on the heavenly things do we begin to understand the eternities. Only with the help of Christ can we fully overcome tragedy. It is necessary to develop our faith in Him as the Redeemer of the world. He taught us: â€œIn the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.”
“There may be people who have more talent than you, but there's no excuse for anyone to work harder than you do - and I believe that.”

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