“To know the hight [sic] of a mountain, one must climb it.” KnowsPhilosophyMountainClimbs Author:Augustus William Hare
“Both poetry and philosophy are prodigal of eulogy over the mind which ransoms itself by its own energy from a captivity to custom, which breaks the common bounds of empire, and cuts a Simplon over mountains of difficulty for its own purposes, whether of good or of evil.” MindPhilosophyPurposeEvilEnergyCommonBreakCuttingMountainDifficultyBoundsEmpiresCustomsEulogyCaptivityProdigalsRansom Book:Thoughts Source: Thoughts
“When we remove the snowdrift piled up over Chekhov in recent years, we uncover a man profoundly agitated by social problems; a writer whose social ideals are the same as those we live by; a philosophy of the divinity of man, of fervent faith in man - the faith that moves mountains.” MenInspirationalYearsArtPhilosophyProblemMovingLiteratureSocialMountainIdealsDivinityRemoveLive ByFerventSocial ProblemsMove MountainsChekhov Author:Yevgeny Zamyatin
“'Climb Every Mountain' is a beautiful statement of philosophy. Critics may think 'The Sound of Music' is saccharine, but I think it's profound. The message, that we can't accommodate evil, is just as important today.” ThinkingMayImportantPhilosophyTodayBeautifulEvilSoundMountainMessagesMusic IsProfoundCriticsStatementsClimbsAccommodateSound Of Music Author:Jon Voight