Best Ella Maillart Quotes
- One travels so as to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does. And blessed be the poet, the… Alive
- One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one's mind. All
- Only when one is able to grasp wideness can one possess it. Able
- When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see. Certain
- That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life. Escapism
- The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them. According
- When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes. All
- Words are impotent to describe certain emotions. Certain
- I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition. Ambition
- I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. Desert
- Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them. Able
- 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… Better
- You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. Afraid
- The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself. Appeal
- Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive. Alive
- 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… Asia
- We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children. All