You don't need to climb a mountain to know that it's high.
Paulo Coelho, Aleph.
“Love is just a word until someone comes along and gives it meaning.”
“In magic - and in life - there is only the present moment, the now. You can't measure time the way you measure the distance between two points. 'Time' doesn't pass. We human beings have enormous di...”
“It takes a huge effort to free yourself from memory”
“Travel is never a matter of money but of courage”
“What hurts us is what heals us”
“Only two things can reveal life's great secrets: suffering and love.”
“When people tell me they cant afford to join a gym, I tell them to go outside; planet Earth is a gym and were already members. Run, climb, sweat, and enjoy all of the natural wonder that is availab...”
“Don't hide in the trees when you know that tigers can climb.”
“Just because you came to the end of your rope, doesn't mean that you were climbing down.”
“How glorious a greeting the sun gives the mountains!”
“The mountains are intimations of transcendence, which he is now free to pursue, and the walking writes messages in every cell of his body, telling him that he is not locked inside a cement box, nor...”
“I send thee, love, this upland flower I foundWhile wandering lonely with o'erclouded heart,Hid in a grey recess of rocky groundAmong the misty mountains far apart;And then I heard the wild wind's l...”
“All I'd ever wanted was to forget. but even when I thought I had, pieces had kept emerging, like bits of wood floating up to the surface that only hint at the shipwreck below.”
“And perhaps it is the greater grief, after all, to be left on earth when another is gone.”
“I hate quotations. Tell me what you know.”