He who climbs upon the highest mountains laughs at all tragedies, real or imaginary.
You cannot learn to fly by flying. First you must learn to walk, to run, to climb, to dance.
They climb the mountain like beasts, stupid and sweating; it seems that no one bothered to tell them that there are beautiful vistas along the way.
We seldom break a leg as long as we are climbing wearily upwards in our lives, instead we do it when we start going easy on ourselves and choosing the comfortable paths.
A few hours' mountain climbing make of a rogue and a saint two fairly equal creatures. Tiredness is the shortest path to equality and fraternity - and sleep finally adds to them liberty.
Was mich nicht zugrunde richtet, macht mich starker.
A few hours of mountain climbing make a blackguard and a saint two rather similar creatures.