Anagarika Govinda Quotes

To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep one's distance.

Anagarika Govinda

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• To see the greatness of a mountain, one must keep one's distance.

  

  Anagarika Govinda
  • Distance
  • Mountain
  • Greatness