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" Shall we ever see the 10 million things of the universe simultaneously in order to be the all? I am convinced that to live is to travel towards the world's end. "

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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. "

" I can see now that a concept or even a feeling makes no sense unless out of our substance we spin around it a web of references, of relationships, of values. "

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" You can feel as brave as Columbus starting for the unknown the first time you enter a Chinese lane full of boys laughing at you, or when you risk climbing down in a Tibetan pub for a meal of rotten meat. "

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

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

" The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character. "

" One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity, of that oneness without which no better world is possible. "

" 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. "

" From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide. "

" Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive. "

" That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life. "

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

" It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better. "

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

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" The sooner we learn to be jointly responsible, the easier the sailing will be. "

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

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