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"Sadness comes from expectations. To be happy, adapt to everything and expect nothing."

"We live our lives with hope, intentions, and actions. Without hope, there will be no intention. Without intention, there will be no action."

"Everyone is looking for approval and appreciation even when they ask for criticism."

"Love makes the world go round, but sometimes you spin so much you end up dizzy."
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"One travels so as to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does. And blessed be the poet, the artist who knows how to keep alive his sense of wonder."

"Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive."

"Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance."

"The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons."

"Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own."

"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."

"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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