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"I was becoming addicted to Bombay. There was squalor and poverty, but I had begun to realise my good fortune and would never again forget it."
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"People who get offended by your not saying 'Thank you!' - after they've paid you a compliment were merely desperate to be thanked."
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"To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do."
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"As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them."
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"To be content is to count your blessings."
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"Next to ingratitude the most painful thing to bear is gratitude."
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"We have just all of a sudden discovered that here we are, with something called time seemingly precious, but not deeply appreciated."
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"Only great fools remain ungrateful."
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"Gratitude doesn't change the scenery. It merely washes clean the glass you look through so you can clearly see the colors."
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"In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors."
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"You will find joy in everyday life with a heart of thankfulness."
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"Settling into a new country is like getting used to a new pair of shoes. At first they pinch a little, but you like the way they look, so you carry on. The longer you have them, the more comfortable they become. Until one day without realizing it you reach a glorious plateau. Wearing those shoes is like wearing no shoes at all. The more scuffed they get, the more you love them and the more you can't imagine life without them."
Adaptation
"The situation was different in the jungle. Every inch of ground had to be earned, and was done so through much exertion with the blade."
Survival
"There's nothing quite like a good quest for getting your blood pumping."
Adventure
"Move to a new country and you quickly see that visiting a place as a tourist, and actually moving there for good, are two very different things."
Culture
"Any man who has ever led an army, an expedition, or a group of Boy Scouts has sadism in his bones."
Power
"In moments of great uncertainty on my travels, I have always felt that something is protecting me, that I will come to no harm."
Travel
"My father never told us how the stories worked. He didn't reveal the layers, the nuggets of information, the fragments of truth and fantasy. He didn't need to -- because, given the right conditions, the stories activated, sowing themselves."
Storytelling
"My father looked on in disbelief, overwhelmed that his son had been taught to eat glass and relish it."
Survival
"Stories are a communal currency of humanity."
Storytelling
"There is nothing like a train journey for reflection."
Reflection
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