Quotes About Voyage

To be a philosopher is to take to the road, never settling down in some place of satisfaction with a theory of the world, not even a place of reformation, nor of some illusory transformation of the conditions of this world. It aims for self- transformation, for the inner metamorphosis which is implied by the notion of a new, or spiritual rebirth.... The adventure of the mystical philosopher is essentially seen as a voyage which progresses towards the Light.

To be homeward bound, no matter what tragic memories you have harbored, is unlike any voyage a man can ever make.

A journey by Sea and Land, Five Hundred Miles, is not undertaken without money.

I noticed a woman whose face was a sea voyage I had not the courage to attempt.

travelling the world and the seven seas

Travel is stressful.

Columbus brought sugarcane to Hispaniola, the first European settlement in the New World, on his second voyage, in 1493.

Pirates could happen to anyone.

raining a Trafalgar, too!" "Merde!" He turned to go up the ladder. At the top, he turned again. "Bien, mon chef marin, bonne chance!" "Mercy buckets, M'sieur. See you next time.

I'm giving you the grand tour,

Touch and away, Jack?' asked Stephen. 'Touch and away? Do you not recall that I have important business there? Enquiries of the very first interest?' To do with our enterprise? To do with this voyage?' Perhaps not quite directly.

But, truly, the worst trains take one across the best landscapes.

It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between.

Now the melancholy of God protect thee, and the tailor make thy doublet of changable taffata, for thy mind is a very opal. I would have men of such constancy put to sea, that their business might be everything, and their intent everywhere, for that's it, that always makes a good voyage of nothing.

My determinate voyage is mere extravagancy

Let us learn our lessons. Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on that strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The Statesman who yields to war fever must realise that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.

Once more now in the march of centuries Old England was to stand forth in battle against the mightiest thrones and dominations. Once more in defence of the liberties of Europe and the common right must she enter upon a voyage of great toil and hazard across waters uncharted, towards coasts unknown, guided only by the stars. Once more 'the far-off line of storm-beaten ships' was to stand between the Continental Tyrant and the dominion of the world.

We left Madras on June 21st, 1977, on the Panamanian-registered Japanese cargo ship Tsimtsum.

A c?l?tori nu pentru a ajunge, ci pentru a c?l?tori, pentru a ajunge cât mai târziu posibil, pentru a nu ajunge, dac? se poate, niciodat?.

Everyone who achieves success in a great venture, solved each problem as they came to it. They helped themselves. And they were helped through powers known and unknown to them at the time they set out on their voyage. They kept going regardless of the obstacles they met.

Were this world an endless pain, and by sailing eastward we could forever reach new distances, and discover sights more sweet and strange than any Cyclades or Islands of King Solomon, then there were promise in the voyage.

The ship's purser could not have been more helpful. He was able to supply Sebastian with an address for Miss Samantha Sullivan: 2043 Cable Street, Georgetown, Washington, DC, although he couldn't be sure if she was still living there, as she hadn't traveled on the ship since the maiden voyag~.

It was the custom in those days for passengers leaving for America to bring balls of yarn on deck. Relatives on the pier held the loose ends. As the Giulia blew its horn and moved away from the dock, a few hundred strings of yarn stretched across the water.

What a long, strange trip it's been.