Jamling Tenzing Norgay quotes
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“Though my father was a sirdar, he always carried loads. It is hard for someone who is walking unburdened to generate in others an enthusiasm for work.”
-- Jamling Tenzing NorgaySource : Jamling Tenzing Norgay, Broughton Coburn (2002). “Touching my father's soul: in the footsteps of Sherpa Tenzing”, Vintage
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“In the mountains, worldly attachments are left behind, and in the absence of material distractions, we are opened up to spiritual thought. We should be attempting to carry the spiritual experience of the mountains with us everywhere.”
-- Jamling Tenzing Norgay
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“I was born in the Bronx, and then my father moved us to the country at an early age.”
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“One of the first signs of a Spirit-filled life is enthusiasm!”
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“We are no more content to plod along the beaten paths - and so marriage must go the way of God.”
Source : Amy Levy (2006). “Reuben Sachs: A Sketch”, p.192, Broadview Press
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“Life is not the mountaintops, it's the walking in between.”
Source : "I Like You". Song by Ben Rector, 2013.
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