One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one's mind.
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Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of.
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One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.
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I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it.
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The wideness of the horizon has to be inside us, cannot be anywhere but inside us, otherwise what we speak about is geographic distances.
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Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them.
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The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to be wedded to the horizontal earth.
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The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.
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One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity, of that oneness without which no better world is possible.
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The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character.
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