Every mountain is, rightly considered, an invitation to climb. - Henry van Dyke

The promotion from all-day picnics to a two weeks' camping-trip is like going from school to college.

But often faltering feet
Come surest to the goal;
And they who walk in darkness meet
The sunrise of the soul.

And yet there is an anger that purifies the heart:
The anger of the better against the baser part,
Against the false and wicked, against the tyrant's sword,
Against the enemies of love, and all that hate the Lord.