Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. read more

Your true traveller finds boredom rather agreeable than painful. It is the symbol of his liberty - his excessive freedom. He accepts his boredom, when it comes, not merely philosophically, but almost with pleasure.

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or read more

The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else.

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce read more

Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.

A wise traveller never despises his own country.

A wise traveller never despises his own country.

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.

We travel, some of us forever, to seek other states, other lives, other souls.

I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.

I met a lot of people in Europe. I even encountered myself.