top of page
.png){kind=small}
"The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there."
Standard
Customized
More
"The world is stuck because of the word 'no'."
Author Name
Personal Development
"Ignorance can stifle learning, especially if the ignorant person believes that he or she is not ignorant."
Author Name
Personal Development
"Impression without expression causes depression. Study without service leads to spiritual stagnation."
Author Name
Personal Development
"But all remains unchanged."
Author Name
Personal Development
"What i'm trying to say is this. A certain kind of shittiness, a certain kind of stagnation, a certain kind of darkness, goes on propogating itself by its own power in its own self-contained cycle. And once it passes a certain point, no one can stop it - even if the person himself wants to stop it."
Author Name
Personal Development
"The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there."
Author Name
Personal Development
More
"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
"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
"Stories are a communal currency of humanity."
Storytelling
"Back at the Chateau Windsor there was a rat-like scratching at the door of my room. Vinod, the youngest servant, came in with a soda water. He placed it next to the bag of toffees. Then he watched me read. I was used to being observed reading. Sometimes the room would fill like a railway station at rush hour and I would be expected to cure widespread boredom."
Reading
"My journey to the land of the Shuar tribe had taught me the importance of practical gifts."
Learning
"Lured by the wilderness, and by the chance of spotting rare desert elephants, a few intrepid tourists make their way to the Skeleton Coast each year. It's just about as remote as any tourist destination on earth, but one that pays fabulous dividends."
Adventure
"For me, nature is something you watch on the Discovery Channel, or on the evening news -- as you learn how much more of it's been savaged to make way for the Blackberry realm that is my home."
Detachment
"The very fact that a Frenchman was prepared, after tow minutes of conversation, to be so friendly towards anyone, especially one who had come from England, made me restless."
Culture
"During the days I felt myself slipping into a kind of madness. Solitary confinement has an astonishing effect on the mind. The trip was to stay calm and keep myself occupied. I spent hours working out how to break free. But trying to escape would have been instant suicide."
Isolation
bottom of page