All the world was before me and every day was a holiday, so it did not seem important to which one of the world's wildernesses I first should wander.

Walk away quietly in any direction and taste the freedom of the mountaineer.

A lifetime is so little a time that we die before we get ready to live. I should like to study at a college, but then I have to say to myself: "You will die before you can do anything else".

Few places in this world are more dangerous than home. Fear not, therefore, to try the mountain passes. They will kill care, save you from deadly apathy, set you free, and call forth every faculty into vigorous, enthusiastic action.

Anyhow we never know where we must go, nor what guides we are to get - -people,storms, guardian angels, or sheep.

In this silent, serene wilderness the weary can gain a heart-bath in perfect peace.

God has to nearly kill us sometimes, to teach us lessons.