But the vagrant owns the whole vast earth that ends only at the nonexistent horizon, and his empire is an intangible one, for his domination and enjoyment of it are things of the spirit. — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share Image
The cowardly belief that a person must stay in one place is too reminiscent of the unquestioning resignation of animals, beasts of burden stupefied by servitude and yet always willing to accept the slipping on of the harness. There are… — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share Image
The way I see it, there is no greater spiritual beauty than fanaticism, of a sort so sincere it can only end in martyrdom. — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share
For those who know the value of and exquisite taste of solitary freedom (for one is only free when alone), the act of leaving… — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share
Oh if at every moment of our lives we could know the consequences of some of the utterings, thoughts and deeds that seem so… — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share
From every ruin, life springs up again and everything that dies is born again. — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share
Now more than ever do I realize that I will never be content with a sedentary life, that I will always be haunted by… — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share
Civilization, that great fraud of our times, has promised man that by complicating his existence it would multiply his pleasures. ... Civilization has promised… — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share
We are, all of us, poor wretches, and those who prefer not to understand this are even worse off than the rest of us. — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share
But the vagrant owns the whole vast earth that ends only at the nonexistent horizon, and his empire is an intangible one, for his… — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share
Life on the open road is liberty... to be alone, to have few needs, to be unknown, everywhere a foreigner and at home, and… — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share
A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places. — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share
I think it is impossible for human minds to think of Death as a final, irrevocable end to life. — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share
I will only ever be drawn to people who suffer from that special and fertile anguish called self-doubt, or the thirst for the ideal,… — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share
I am full of the sorrow that goes with changes in surroundings, those successive stages of annihilation that slowly lead to the great and… — Isabelle Eberhardt Copy Share
