“On the mountains of truth you can never climb in vain: either you will reach a point higher up today, or you will be training your powers so that you will be able to climb higher tomorrow.”

“This mountain, I thought, was like education: The higher you climbed, the farther you could see.”

“What I love most about reading: It gives you the ability to reach higher ground. And keep climbing.”

“Just remember, Callum when you’re floating up and up in your bubble, that bubbles have a habit of bursting. The higher you climb, the further you have to fall.”

“Could you see the aisles of women?
Could you see them screaming and weeping?
Could you see the storm rising?
Could you see the guy who was driving?
Could you climb higher and higher?
Could you climb right over the top?”

“How you climb a mountain is more important than reaching the top.”

“So, life is like, again, an icy ladder. So, when you climb up, you have to be really, really energetic or you won’t be able to climb up ‘cause you slip and fall down.”

“One wife is justified to the common men. But the higher you climb the ladder of power and success, the more women you'll meet along the way.”

“Who climbs the mountain does not always climb.
The winding road slants downward many a time;
Yet each descent is higher than the last.”

“On, said the alethiometer. Farther, higher.
So on they climbed.”