I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition. — Ella Maillart Ambition Copy Share Image
The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them. — Ella Maillart Angle Copy Share Image
When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see. — Ella Maillart Certain Copy Share Image
There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men. — Ella Maillart Men Copy Share Image
I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad. — Ella Maillart Abroad Copy Share Image
When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes. — Ella Maillart Heart Copy Share Image
We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children. — Ella Maillart Children Copy Share Image
Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather,… — Ella Maillart Birthright Copy Share Image
You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. — Ella Maillart Afraid Copy Share Image
One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm. — Ella Maillart Capacity Copy Share Image
The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons. — Ella Maillart Aesthetic Copy Share Image
Shall we ever see the 10 million things of the universe simultaneously in order to be the all? I am convinced that… — Ella Maillart Convinced Copy Share Image
One travels so as to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does. And blessed be… — Ella Maillart Alive Copy Share Image
The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects… — Ella Maillart Accomplished Copy Share Image
Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid… — Ella Maillart Adventure Copy Share Image
Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own… — Ella Maillart Consciousness Copy Share Image
Happiness is the intoxication produced by the moment of poise between a satisfactory past and an immediate future, rich with promise. — Ella Maillart Happiness Copy Share Image
I am sure that instinctively we wish to be everything, to possess it-why cut the rose or marry the man, otherwise? — Ella Maillart Rose Copy Share Image
I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning… — Ella Maillart Conditioning Copy Share Image
One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one's… — Ella Maillart Done Copy Share Image
It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the… — Ella Maillart Identity Copy Share Image
The wideness of the horizon has to be inside us, cannot be anywhere but inside us, otherwise what we speak about is… — Ella Maillart Horizon Copy Share Image
Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice in boxes,… — Ella Maillart Boxes Copy Share Image
The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself. — Ella Maillart Confidence Copy Share Image
I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. — Ella Maillart Desert Copy Share Image
Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own. — Ella Maillart Different Copy Share Image
From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide. — Ella Maillart Desire Copy Share Image
Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive. — Ella Maillart Alive Copy Share Image
Certain travelers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive. — Ella Maillart Alive Copy Share Image
I am convinced that to live is to travel towards the world's end. — Ella Maillart Convinced Copy Share Image
The sooner we learn to be jointly responsible, the easier the sailing will be. — Ella Maillart Easier Copy Share Image
I refuse to imprison our acts in the rigid mould of sentences. — Ella Maillart Imprison Copy Share Image
I can see now that a concept or even a feeling makes no sense unless out of our substance we spin around… — Ella Maillart Feeling Copy Share Image
You can feel as brave as Columbus starting for the unknown the first time you enter a Chinese lane full of boys… — Ella Maillart Brave Copy Share Image
When I crossed Asia with my friend Peter Fleming, we spoke to no one but each other during many months, and we… — Ella Maillart Friend Copy Share Image
We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers… — Ella Maillart Deeper Copy Share Image
