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" 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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" 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. "

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

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

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

" When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see. "

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

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

" 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. "

" Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance. "

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

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

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

" We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children. "

" Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them. "

" When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons. "

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

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

" 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. "

" When I crossed Asia with my friend Peter Fleming, we spoke to no one but each other during many months, and we covered exactly the same ground. Nevertheless my journey differed completely from his. "

" I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad. "

" 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. "

" I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition. "

" The wideness of the horizon has to be inside us, cannot be anywhere but inside us, otherwise what we speak about is geographic distances. "