Quote by Philip Kerr

“One fine morning the welcome cry of “Land, ho!” greeted our ears, and ere long Tahiti and Moorea were in plain sight. Beautiful Otaheite!…

— John D. Whidden

“As I see the world, there's one element that's even more corrosive than missionaries: tourists. It's not that I feel above them in any…

— Tahir Shah

“I have but one candle of life to burn and would rather burn it out where people are dying in darkness than in a…

— Hudson Taylor

“if there’s anything missionaries do well, it’s seek out and destroy fun).”

— Christopher Moore

“While missionaries do many noble things at great risk to themselves, their dogmatism still spreads ignorance and death.”

— Sam Harris

“Every soul aboard stood at the bulwarks or on the seats of the steamer and stared at that distant shape, higher than the trees…

— H.G. Wells

“look as if they had been plucked from the Palace of Versailles or a Jacobean mansion—that you were aboard a ship being propelled far…

— Erik Larson

“But none of the moderns have equalled the Moravian Brethren in this good work; they have sent missions to Greenland, Labrador, and several of…

— William Carey

“If travel were so inspiring and informing a business...then the wisest men in the world would be deck hands on tramp steamers, Pullman porters,…

— Sinclair Lewis

“I am confident that an even greater harvest will be achieved now as righteous, committed missionaries fulfill the Savior's commandment to preach his gospel.”

— Dallin H. Oaks

“You must love the land, my children, and ring it in with your love. For the land is the most precious thing on this…

— Wu Ming-Yi

“I am a pilgrim of love, life and liberty, out to end conspiracy and superstition.”

— Abhijit Naskar