If you do not climb high mountains, you will not know how high the sky is; if you do not descend into deep valleys, you will not know how thick the earth is.
Confucian philosopher
If you do not climb high mountains, you will not know how high the sky is; if you do not descend into deep valleys, you will not know how thick the earth is.
Confucian philosopher
From his metaphorical teachings about experience
approx. 300 BCE
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