“Only one mountain can know the core of another mountain.”

“We sit together, the mountain and me, until only the mountain remains.”

“Men do not move mountains; it is only necessary to create the illusion that mountains move.”

“Don't measure the size of the mountain; talk to the One who can move it.”

“If there is a faith which can move mountains, then it is a faith in one’s own strength.”

“This feat of Tell, the archer, will be told
While yonder mountains stand upon their base.
By heaven! The apple's cleft right through the core.”

“No matter how sophisticated you may be, a large granite mountain cannot be denied — it speaks in silence to the very core of your being.”

“No one has to know. No one would. It would be her secret, one she would share with the mountains only. The question is whether it is a secret she can live with, and Parwana thinks she knows the answer. She has lived with secrets all her life.”

“This, in fact, is the power of the imagination, which, combining the memory of gold with that of the mountain, can compose the idea of a golden mountain.”

“We can move a mountain from one place to another with our bare hands and a few shovels. It is only a matter of putting in the effort and the time. But we can speed things up by using dynamites and heavy machinery. As technology continues to accelerate, nothing is impossible.”