A friend who is far away is sometimes much nearer than one who is at hand. Is not the mountain far more awe-inspiring and more clearly visible to one passing through the valley than to those who inhabit the mountain?
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Over every mountain there is a path, although it may not be seen from the valley.
Tis distance lends enchantment to the view, and robes the mountain in its azure hue.
Only if you have been in the deepest valley, can you ever know how magnificent it is to be on the highest mountain.
One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
If I see a mountain, I just pick up and hike it.
We've climbed the mighty mountain. I see the valley below, and it's a valley of peace.
In Iceland, you can see the contours of the mountains wherever you go, and the swell of the hills, and always beyond that the horizon. And there's this strange thing: you're never sort of hidden; you always feel exposed in that landscape. But it makes it very beautiful as well.
I've realised that at the top of the mountain, there's another mountain.
Sometimes you come up against a mountain and you end up making the mountain seem bigger than God.
Mountains are like the great equalizer. It doesn't matter who anyone is or what they do.