Findings Quote by Phil Cousineau

I am convinced that pilgrimage is still a bona fide spirit-renewing ritual. But I also believe in pilgrimage as a powerful metaphor for any…

— Phil Cousineau

Pilgrimage means being alert to the times when all that's needed is a trip to a remote place to simply lose yourself, and to…

— Phil Cousineau

“Pilgrimage always involves both an exterior and interior journey. Any travel can be a pilgrimage, regardless of the destination or whether or not there…

— David G. Benner

The paradox: there can be no pilgrimage without a destination, but the destination is also not the real point of the endeavor. Not the…

— Patricia Hampl

The object of pilgrimage is not rest and recreation – to get away from it all. To set out on a pilgrimage is to…

— Huston Smith

“The purpose of a pilgrimage is about setting aside a long period of time in which the only focus is to be the matters…

— L.M. Browning

“The geographical pilgrimage is the symbolic acting out of an inner journey. The inner journey is the interpolation of the meanings and signs of…

— Thomas Merton

Pilgrimages are journeys to places of power. People sometimes make pilgrimages to the caves where Milarepa or other great yogis meditated.

— Frederick Lenz

Over time, each day has become another stretch on an endless pilgrimage road. The terrain of this sacred journey has become fluid and ever-shifting.…

— Anthony Lawlor

“a journey becomes a pilgrimage as we discover, day by day, that the distance traveled is less important than the experience gained.”

— Ernest Kurtz

“The way we experience the pilgrimage is a reflection of our inner state,’ the imam said. ‘To some of us it will be a…

— Kristiane Backer

I'm obsessed with pilgrimages. I love following old routes, imagining the consciousness of those who walked them.

— Johnny Flynn