Rolf Potts Quotes

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• Long-term travel doesn't require a massive bundle of cash; it requires only that we walk through the world in a more deliberate way.
• The simple willingness to improvise is more vital, in the long run, than research.
• Travel, I was coming to realize, was a metaphor not only for the countless options life offers but also for the fact that choosing one…
• Thus, the question of how and when to start vagabonding is not really a question at all. Vagabonding starts now. Even if the practical reality…
• The act of vagabonding is not an isolated trend so much as it is a spectral connection between people long separated by place and time,…
• Travel compels you to discover your spiritual side by elimination: Without all the rituals, routines and possessions that give your life meaning at home, you're…
• What better way to discover the unknown than to follow your instincts instead of your plans.
• Of all the adventures and challenges that wait on the vagabonding road, the most difficult can be the act of coming home.
• Zamunda represent everything that is kewl and real about vagabonding....being the person that discovered Zamunda (for independent travelers) during the research of my book, Vagabonding,…
• The mind can be a crazy monkey that is always dying to escape from the moment.
• Indeed, the most vivid travel experiences usually find you by accident, and the qualities that will make you fall in love with a place are…
• Begin to look at maps with the narcotic tingle of possibility.
• For some reason, we see long-term travel to faraway lands as a recurring dream or an exotic temptation, but not something that applies to the…
• Time is the truest form of wealth. And the beauty is, we are all born equally rich in time.
• The goal of preparation then is not knowing exactly where you'll go but being confident nonetheless that you'll get there.
• If in doubt, just walk until your day becomes interesting.
• If you wander with open eyes and simple curiosity, you'll discover a much richer pleasure - the simple feeling of possibility that hums from every…
• Long-term travel isn’t about being a college student; it’s about being a student of daily life. Long-term travel isn’t an act of rebellion against society;…
• Vagabonding is an attitude — a friendly interest in people, places, and things that makes a person an explorer in the truest, most vivid sense…
• Vagabonding is about refusing to exile travel to some other, seemingly more appropriate, time of your life. Vagabonding is about taking control of your circumstances…

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