Mountaineers Are Always Free Quotes & Sayings

Not a single Buddha, bodhisattva, or shengren in Europe, but in Asia: all philosophers and saints? What is that probability? — Thorsten J. Pattberg

The True Person avoids extremes, self-indulgence, and extravagance. — Laozi

Considering that Timur had ignored every instrument of government except terror, it is remarkable his immediate successors managed to retain control of most of his empire. — Colin McEvedy

Not one of the creatures of blood can escape death. We all face it, and succumb to it. It follows us like a dark shadow. Yet if we live in terror of it, then we do not live at all. Yes we are born alone, and yes we will die alone. But in between, Tae, we live. We know joy. — David Gemmell

The moderate are not usually the most sincere, for the same circumspection which makes them moderate makes them likewise retentive of what could give offence. — Walter Savage Landor

The more I see and hear, the more I realize how much I don't know. — Kristin Cashore

The 1143-year-long war hand begun on false pretenses and only because the two races were unable to communicate.
Once they could talk, the first question was 'Why did you start this thing?' and the answer was 'Me? — Joe Haldeman

The opposite of love isn't hate, it's apathy. — John Le Carre

Dark rumblings inside told him he was in a tremendous amount of trouble. He didn't know how it was going to manifest or when but it was coming, sure as Zeta would break the horizon before everyone else arose from their sleepzone. If they hauled him away, then what? — Marcha A. Fox

By the power elite, we refer to those political, economic, and military circles which as an intricate set of overlapping cliques share decisions having at least national consequences. In so far as national events are decided, the power elite are those who decide them. — C. Wright Mills

The Hellish and dismal cloud of ... Coal ... perpetually imminent over (London) ... that her inhabitants breathe nothing but impure and thick mist ... corrupting the lungs and disordering the entire habit of their bodies; so the Catarrhs, ... Cough, and Consumption, range more in this one City, than in the whole Earth besides. — John Evelyn

If he had stayed, he would have starved in other ways. — Lois Lowry

Those that have lost their lives to suicide were good people, who were in deep, deep pain. Keep speaking about mental illness and keep it out of the darkness. — Mariel Hemingway