Quotes About Journey

The end of a melody is not its goal: but nonetheless, had the melody not reached its end it would not have reached its goal either. A parable.

In the mountains the shortest way is from peak to peak; but for that one must have long legs. Aphorisms should be peaks – and those who are addressed, tall and lofty.

Alguém que iça as velas de um barco e assim se deixa levar pelas tempestades não esteve numa viagem; apenas foi jogado de um lado para o outro. O mesmo acontece com a vida. Estar fora de controle, ser carregado pelos acontecimentos sem ter tempo para as experiências mais valiosas e significativas, é bem diferente de viver verdadeiramente.

We are all more than our experiences And less than our dreams ~ from I Am Glass

Why would there be a destination when life itself is a journey? You go not to get there but to be there.

I know this it is difficult to grow up it always was it always will be I know this nobody can tell you how to do it You just make the same mistakes and You just thrill to the same excitement I know this Life is a good idea

The Tibetan Book of Living and Dying says that death is the graduation ceremony, while living is just a long course in learning and preparing for the next journey. If we acknowledge death as the beginning, then how can we fear it?

I guess we all get to live out our destiny, even those of us who have to choose the worst one imaginable. So why did I take this strange, dark trip? Well, I have a little 1-2-3 theory on this.

We come from a dark abyss, we end in a dark abyss, and we call the luminous interval life.

Man is able, and has the duty, to reach the furthest point on the road he has chosen. Only by means of hope can we attain what is beyond hope.

Every perfect traveler always creates the country where he travels.

Who knows, perhaps God is simply the search for God.

What are you looking at, grandfather? he asked with curiosity. The old man raised his head and smiled sadly. At my life flowing and disappearing, son, flowing and disappearing. Don't worry, grandfather, it knows where it is going–toward the sea, everyone's life flows toward the sea. The old man sighed. Yes, my son, that is why the sea is salty—from the many tears. He turned back to the flowing stream and did not speak again.

The human soul is heavy, clumsy, held in the mud of the flesh.

If they were to ask me what road leads to heaven, I would answer them: the most difficult!

On the way between nothingness and God, we dance and weep.

Our body is a ship that sails on deep blue waters. What is our goal? To be shipwrecked!

Life is trouble. Death – no. To live – do you know what that means? To undo your belt and look for trouble!

The right path is the ascent.

The bishop escorted Francis a short distance out into the courtyard. Bending over, he said to him in a hushed voice, careful Francis. You're overdoing it. That's how one finds God, Bishop. Francis answered. The bishop shook his head. Even virtue needs moderation; otherwise it can become arrogance. Man stands within the bounds of moderation; God stands outside them. I am heading for God, Bishop. said Francis, and he proceeded hastily towards the street door. He had no time to lose.

s? v?d, s? ating cât pot mai mult pâmânt È™i mare, înainte de-a închide ochii.

If today I were to choose a spiritual guide from the whole wide world—a "guru," as they say in India, a "venerable father" as the monks say at Mount Athos—the one I would choose without fail would be Zorba.

Every man has his folly. But the greatest folly of all is not to have one

La ce te uiti, mosule? Batranul a ridicat capul si a zambit cu tristete: - La viata mea, care curge la vale, fiule, a raspuns; la viata mea, care curge si se duce...