Advice for the wise: You'd better bite your tongue Rather than cast a spell wrong.

— Ana Claudia Antunes

A fallow mind is a field of discontent.

— John H. Cunningham

A few steps into the trees, you glance back to see the snow has already covered your prints.

— Jennifer M Zeiger

A fight needs at least two fighters. Sometimes you can win straight away by not fighting.

— S.A. Tawks

A formal education will teach you how to conform with society. Self-education will teach you how to get out of conformity so that you can fill your life with adventure and beauty.

— Debasish Mridha

A fortress built long ago, Walls made timeless by historic glory. The small girl in the boat slows, To listen to its story.

— Rachel Lewis

A friendship forged in the fires of adversity is a strong as one that has weathered the test of time.

— Lindsey Kelk

After every few steps, we huddle over our ice axes mouths agape, struggling for sufficient breath to keep our muscles going.... at a height of 8800 meters, we can no longer keep on our feet while we rest. We crumple to our knees, clutching our axes.... Every ten or fifteen steps we collapse into the snow to rest, then crawl on again.

— Reinhold Messner

After spending the previous night the way I had, I felt I could afford to lose some of the daytime to sleep.

— S.A. Tawks

Agent Smith, a lady is never late, everyone is simply early.” I said back, paraphrasing something I saw on a 20/20 special. “Well, a lady isn’t exactly what they are expecting.

— Rumi Antoinette