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" I refuse to imprison our acts in the rigid mould of sentences. "

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" I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it. "

" The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to be wedded to the horizontal earth. "

" One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one's mind. "

" Only when one is able to grasp wideness can one possess it. "

" Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of. "

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" I am sure that instinctively we wish to be everything, to possess it - why cut the rose or marry the man, otherwise? "

" The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself. "

" I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. "

" Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own. "

" Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our consciousness being broadened and enriched, we shall judge ourselves more correctly. "

" There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men. "

" The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them. "

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" You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. "

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" One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm. "

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" We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life. "

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