Quotes About Discovery

Travel works best when you're forced to come to terms with the place you're in

Tourists don't know where they've been and Travelers don't know where they are going.

Tourists don't know where they've been. Travellers don't know where they're going.

and in a lifetime of travel had never felt more fully alive

This is a triumphant mood for a long trip, just slipping out and not telling anyone, and fairly sure that no one will notice I've gone.

But no sooner had I gotten behind the wheel than a feeling came over me that was like being caressed by a cosmic wind, reminding me of what travel at its best can do: I was set free.

Travel is not a vacation, and it is often the opposite of a rest.

If a train is large and comfortable you don't even need a destination; a corner seat is enough, and you can be one of those travelers who stay in motion, straddling the tracks, and never arrive or feel they ought to.

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Reading about a far-off place can be a satisfaction in itself, and you might be thankful you're reading about the bad trip without the dust in your nose and the sun burning your head, not having to endure the unrewarding nuisance and delay of the road. But reading can also be a powerful stimulus to travel.

I travel to find obstacles, to discover my limits, to ease the passage of time

to be anonymous and traveling in an interesting place is an intoxication

My ideal traveler is the person who goes the old, laborious way into the unknown, and it is this belief that lies behind my travel, and drives me.

Adventure is the unexpected experience of discovery, of course; but it is also a kind of death, an end of innocence.

All journeys were return journeys

Yes, my dear," she said out loud to herself, "you took quite a fall." And felt pure amazement at the long time it had taken before she had finally found again the ground.

it is only courage on the path itself that makes the path appear

Why do we have to listen to our hearts? the boy asked. Because, wherever your heart is, that is where you will find your treasure.

Life always waits for some crisis to occur before revealing itself at its most brilliant.

Don't think about what you've left behind The alchemist said to the boy as they began to ride across the sands of the desert. If what one finds is made of pure matter, it will never spoil. And one can always come back. If what you had found was only a moment of light, like the explosion of a star, you would find nothing on your return.

But how will I know who my Soulmate is?" Brida felt that this was one of the most important questions she had ever asked in her life. By taking risks' she said to Brida. ' By risking failure, disappointment, disillusion, but never ceasing in you search for Love. As long as you keep looking, you will triumph in the end.

There is only one way to learn. It's through action. Everything you need to know you have learned through your journey.

Everyone on earth has a treasure that awaits him.