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"Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our consciousness being broadened and enriched, we shall judge ourselves more correctly."
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"Everywhere I travel to, there is my home."
"We travel to see the reflection of our minds on the mirror of changes so that we may enrich ourselves."
"We travel not just to see the beauty of new places but to see our own beauty in a new environment."
"Life is a journey through either experiences or experiment."
"Looking for a good book to read and a great teacher to listen to? Here is a good book and here is a great teacher: Other cultures! To read this book and to listen to this teacher, all you need is to travel!"
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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."
"Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice in boxes, sunshine in bulbs, music on disks, or images gliding over a pale screen."
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