'To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep one’s distance; to understand its form, one must move around it; to experience its moods, one must see it at sunrise and sunset, at noon and at midnight, in sun and in rain, in snow and in storm, in summer and in winter and in all the other seasons. He who can see the mountain like this comes near to the life of the mountain, a life that is as intense and varied as that of a human being.'
- Lama Govinda, in 'Insights of a Himalayan Pilgrim.'
- Lama Govinda, in 'Insights of a Himalayan Pilgrim.'