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"The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them."
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"Three weeks ago, he'd seen hail fall from the sky, onlyto be followed minutes later by a spectacular rainbow that seemed to frame the azalea bushes. The colors, so vivid they seemed almost alive, made him think that nature sometimes sends us signs, that it's important to remember that joy can always follow despair. But a moment later, the rainbow had vanished and the hail returned, and he realized that joy was sometimes only an illusion."
"The poorest people sometimes have the richest minds."
"Life becomes perfect if I look at it through my imperfect perceptions."
"It is not very important where you are, but where your thoughts are taking you is important."
"If the journey to success and happiness was hundred miles, some people would calculate it by meters and get discouraged by the numbers they come up with."
"To 'see both sides' of a problem is the surest way to prevent its complete solution. Because there are always more than two sides."
"You are looking at the world from your window, that's good, but there is something missing here, something very big: You must also look at your window from the world to see yourself!"
"The Protestants teachings affected the view of the populace to work."
"The past is far behind. If you still want to look at it, you will painfully stretch your neck muscles. Don't live in the past, leave the past, but learn from it."
"This earth in which we are living is not our everlasting home."
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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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