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• Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own…
• Shall we ever see the 10 million things of the universe simultaneously in order to be the all? I am convinced that…
• Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid…
• The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects…
• It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the…
• Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice in boxes,…
• The sooner we learn to be jointly responsible, the easier the sailing will be.
• You can feel as brave as Columbus starting for the unknown the first time you enter a Chinese lane full of boys…
• Happiness is the intoxication produced by the moment of poise between a satisfactory past and an immediate future, rich with promise.
• From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide.
• The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to be wedded…
• The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons.

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