Quotes About Journey

A story means, at the highest level, not by what it concludes but by how it proceeds.

For every runner who tours the world running marathons, there are thousands who run to hear the leaves and listen to the rain, and look to the day when it is suddenly as easy as a bird in flight.

And while these pounds were being shed, while the physiological miracles were occurring with the heart and muscle and metabolism, psychological marvels were taking place as well. Just so, the world over, bodies, minds, and souls are constantly being born again, during miles on the road.

I entered into this darkness where, ever since, I plunge deeper every hour and lose myself a little more.

Deneyin bizi al?p götürdüÄŸü yere götürmesini istedim.

As soon as you close your eyes, the adventure of sleep begins. -from A Man Asleep

Franz Kafka'n?n vakti zaman?nda aç?klad??? gibi: Ula??lacak bir amaç vard?r ama yol yoktur; karars?zl?klar?m?za, duraksamalar?m?za yol ad?n? takar?z.

A trente ans, l'on se doit d'être arrivé, ou bien l'on n'est rien. Et nul n'est arrivé s'il n'a trouvé sa place, s'il n'a creusé son trou, s'il n'a ses clés, son bureau, sa petite plaque.

It is possible," said Miss Marling stiffly, "that Frederick and not Mary will have the ordering of the journey." Vidal chuckled. "Not if I know my Mary," he replied

drive him to Great Russell Street.

Lady Barbara drove herself in a phaeton, with a tiger perched up behind;

And in those first fifty years I believed there was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, and it was my goal to find that pot of gold. Now I realize that we are the rainbow, the pot of gold is love, and that is what we actually are.

This deepening of love is the real purpose of the dark night of the soul. The dark night helps us become who we are created to be: lovers of God and one another.

Life is not a matter of reaching a stagnant end point, but is rather an ongoing process in which one, hopefully and with grace, grows ever more deeply in love.

God darkens our awareness in order to keep us safe. When we cannot chart our own course, we become vulnerable to God's protection, and the darkness becomes a "guiding night," a "night more kindly than the dawn."5

If we are honest, I think we have to admit that we will likely try to sabotage any movement toward true freedom. If we really knew what we were called to relinquish on this journey, our defenses would never allow us to take the first step. Sometimes the only way we can enter the deeper dimensions of the journey is by being unable to see where we're going.

maybe all the saints in heaven will look down on our homeward journey and listen in on our stories. I dare say they relish a good story as much as the next man.' 'Amen,' said the Parson thoughtfully. 'Amen!' roared the rest of us.

Complicated, isn't it? This living business

Why don't you come with me? Why? Where are you going? Home. I've had enough. I hate England. Hate England? It was too much to grasp, with a head full of searing headache.

people usually choose the place they get lost in

I know love is worth the time it takes to find. Think of that when all the world seems made of walk up rooms and hands in empty pockets

Für alle, die in einer komplizierten gesellschaftlichen Ordnung aufgewachsen sind, gibt es keinen berauschenderen Augenblick als den Beginn einer wilden Reise. Das Gartentor wird aufgestoßen und siehe da! Die unermessliche Welt.

of the boxcar and was just right for a step.

These steps feel as if they got steeper while we were gone, Benny said in a tired voice.