"The true call of the desert, of the……" — Freya Stark
"The true call of the desert, of the mountains, or the sea, is their silence - free of the networks of dead speech."
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53 Quotes by Freya Stark
Freya Stark has 53 quotes on this site.
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To think to keep things as they are, is to let them move unpredictably, since nothing but death will still…
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Pain and fear and hunger are effects of causes which can be foreseen and known: but sorrow is a debt…
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The slightest living thing answers a deeper need than all the works of man because it is transitory. It has…
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An absolute condition of all successful living, whether for an individual or a nation, is the acceptance of death.
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The portion we see of human beings is very small: their formats and faces, voices and words.... beyond these, like…
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The great and almost only comfort about being a woman is that one can always pretend to be more stupid…
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We love those people who give with humility, or who accept with ease.
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The true gardener then brushes over the ground with slow and gentle hand, to liberate a space for breath round…
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There is generosity in giving, but gentleness in receiving.
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All the feeling which my father could not put into words was in his hand-any dog, child or horse would…
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You will, if you're wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown…
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If we are strong, and have faith in life and its richness of surprises, and hold the rudder steadily in…
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