--- title: "3 My way Quotes By Ted Simon" description: "3 My way quotes by Ted Simon. Plus more from Ted Simon and more My way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cad/ted-simon-36384_contemplating_i-am-learning-as-i-make-my-way-through-m_813318.png" --- > [I am learning, as I make my way through my first continent, that it is remarkably easy to do things, and much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/i-am-learning-as-i-make-my-way-through-my-first-continent-that-it-is/) [Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cad/ted-simon-36384_contemplating_i-am-learning-as-i-make-my-way-through-m_813318.png) > [People who thought of my journey as a physical ordeal or an act of courage... missed the point. Courage and physical endurance…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/people-who-thought-of-my-journey-as-a-physical-ordeal-or-an-act-of/) [Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d6a/ted-simon-36384_acts-of-courage_people-who-thought-of-my-journey-as-a-ph_959625.jpg) > [That night I lie out under the stars again. The Pleiades are there winking at me. I am no longer on my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/that-night-i-lie-out-under-the-stars-again-the-pleiades-are-there/) [Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f98/ted-simon-36384_astronomy_that-night-i-lie-out-under-the-stars-aga_1092552.jpg) ## Other authors on My way ## More by Ted Simon > [Nobody is free… Everyone has a prison. Wife, parents, children, they all make prisons.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/nobody-is-free-everyone-has-a-prison-wife-parents-children-they-all/) [Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/) > [The Latin American has no tribe to fall back on, as the African does, no reliable judiciary to defend his rights as the European…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/the-latin-american-has-no-tribe-to-fall-back-on-as-the-african-does/) [Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/) > [There are in me the seeds from which, if necessary, the universe could be constructed. In me somewhere there is a matrix for mankind…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/there-are-in-me-the-seeds-from-which-if-necessary-the-universe-could/) [Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/) > [I am learning, as I make my way through my first continent, that it is remarkably easy to do things, and much more frightening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/i-am-learning-as-i-make-my-way-through-my-first-continent-that-it-is/) [Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/) > [“To be worth making at all, a journey has to be made in the mind as much as in the world of objects and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/to-be-worth-making-at-all-a-journey-has-to-be-made-in-the-mind-as/) [Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/) > [It was going to be the journey of a lifetime, a journey that millions dream of and never make, and I wanted to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/it-was-going-to-be-the-journey-of-a-lifetime-a-journey-that-millions/) [Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/) > [People who thought of my journey as a physical ordeal or an act of courage... missed the point. Courage and physical endurance were no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/people-who-thought-of-my-journey-as-a-physical-ordeal-or-an-act-of/) [Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/) > [It was chilling to realize that the sentimental qualities most valued between people, like loyalty, constancy, and affection, are the ones most likely to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/it-was-chilling-to-realize-that-the-sentimental-qualities-most-valued/) [Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/) > [That night I lie out under the stars again. The Pleiades are there winking at me. I am no longer on my way from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/that-night-i-lie-out-under-the-stars-again-the-pleiades-are-there/) [Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/) > [“The enigma that had bothered me in Sydney was beginning to resolve itself. If Australians allowed themselves to be represented worldwide as a nation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/the-enigma-that-had-bothered-me-in-sydney-was-beginning-to-resolve/) [Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/) > [“Maybe you know how it is when you have decided to do something really enormous with your life, something that stretches your resources to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/maybe-you-know-how-it-is-when-you-have-decided-to-do-something-really/) [Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/) > [To be worth making at all a journey has to be made in the mind as much as in the world of objects and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/to-be-worth-making-at-all-a-journey-has-to-be-made-in-the-mind-as-2/) [Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/) > [“In spite of wars and tourism and pictures by satellite, the world is just the same size it ever was. It is awesome to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/in-spite-of-wars-and-tourism-and-pictures-by-satellite-the-world-is/) [Ted Simon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-simon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/my-way/ted-simon/#itemlist", "name": "3 My way Quotes By Ted Simon", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I am learning, as I make my way through my first continent, that it is remarkably easy to do things, and much more frightening to contemplate them.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Ted Simon" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-simon/i-am-learning-as-i-make-my-way-through-my-first-continent-that-it-is/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cad/ted-simon-36384_contemplating_i-am-learning-as-i-make-my-way-through-m_813318.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cad/ted-simon-36384_contemplating_i-am-learning-as-i-make-my-way-through-m_813318.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cad/ted-simon-36384_contemplating_i-am-learning-as-i-make-my-way-through-m_813318.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I am learning, as I make my way through my first continent, that it is remarkably easy to do things, and…” — Ted Simon", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "People who thought of my journey as a physical ordeal or an act of courage... missed the point. 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