“Bitter is the ascent of Golgotha...”
“The ascent of money has been essential to the ascent of man.”
“The descent beckonsas the ascent beckoned”
“In actual life a downward movement may sometimes be made the beginning of an ascent.”
“there is no ascent to the heights without prior descent into darkness, no new life without some form of death.”
“This mountain is so formed that it is always wearisome when one begins the ascent, but becomes easier the higher one climbs.”