Quotes About Journey

And as we wind on down the road Our shadows taller than our souls There walks a lady we all know Who shines white light and wants to show How everything still turns to gold And if you listen very hard The tune will come to you at last Where all are one and one is all To be a rock and not to roll.

I do not play the instrument In longing but in quest Not to be undertaken Not to be lost In a forest of bliss.

There is no such thing as maturity. There is instead an ever-evolving process of maturing. Because when there is a maturity, there is a conclusion and a cessation. That's the end. That's when the coffin is closed.

Life itself is your teacher, and you are in a state of constant learning.

carrying their suitcases.

The only baggage they brought with them was psychological.

There was something about driving, about putting his troubles in the rearview mirror and looking at a ribbon of asphalt stretching out into infinity in front of him, that cleared his head, bringing him peace and perspective.

Eventually, he drove through a cleft between two rocky hills, what Ronnie called "Mother Nature's Glorious Cleavage," into a hidden clearing where a ramshackle compound had been built.

I'm not like Thomas Wolfe. I can go home again.

Branches formed and flowed separately for some distance before they merged again with the growing river as it flowed on to today. Which

My belief is that we have only one life, that this is all there is.

Pearl is the only person I ever knew who said things like "paths in life" out loud.

Columbus went around the world in 1492. That isn't a lot of strokes when you consider the course.

My Soul lives many lives. Each life a thought, each thought a life. I am but Thought.

Is there a single person on whom I can press belief? No sir. All I can do is say, Here's how it went. Here's what I saw. I've been there and am going back. Make of it what you will.

Once traveling, it's remarkable how quickly faith erodes. It starts to look like something else--ignorance, for example. Same thing happened to the Israelites. Sure it's weak, but sometimes you'd rather just have a map.

Where do you think you're going?" Dr. Nokes demanded…. "What do you have for directions?" And Dad… said, "I have the substance of things hoped for. I have the anticipation of things unseen

So thoughtlessly we sling on our destinies.

Birthing takes nine months, and dying takes you all the rest of your life.

Traveling in the company of those we love is home in motion.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30

It was a continuation. A flow meandering but not changing direction, because the direction had always been the same. The paths might be infinite, but the destination one.

In every journey, there comes a point, around three quarters of the way through, when the traveller, without a guide, can go no further. But not everyone finds a guide. Not everyone accepts a guide. Not everyone is convinced. Many would rather keep fumbling on their own, trying and trying again. They would rather risk not completing the journey, they would rather risk getting lost or content themselves with the advance already made, than follow in trust.

Sometimes, he thought, a man couldn't do better than to wind up where he started.