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"When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes."
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"All the knowledge I possess everyone else can acquire, but my heart is all my own."

"The larger the state, the more callous it becomes... the colder its heart. It is also true that the bigger the corporation, the more callous its heart. But unlike the state, corporations have competition and have no police powers."
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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."

"When I crossed Asia with my friend Peter Fleming, we spoke to no one but each other during many months, and we covered exactly the same ground. Nevertheless my journey differed completely from his."

"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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