Quotes About Exploration

I walked past the stable and carriage house. The path took me cross the whole map of the world I knew. I hadn't yet seen the spinning globe in the house that showed the rest of it. p7

What has happened to our ability to dwell in unknowing, to live inside a question and coexist with the tensions of uncertainty?

The imagination should be allowed a certain amount of time to browse around.

To know exactly where you're headed may be the best way to go astray. Not all who loiter are lost.

Yaltha is summed up in these two lines from the novel: "Her mind was an immense feral country that spilled its borders. She trespassed everywhere

We are not fit to lead an army on the march unless we are familiar with the face of the country -- its mountains and forests, its pitfalls and precipices, its marshes and swamps.

Las notas musicales son sólo cinco, pero sus melodías son tan numerosas que no podemos oírlas todas. Los colores primarios son sólo cinco, pero sus combinaciones son tan infinitas que no podemos verlas todas. Los gustos son sólo cinco, pero sus mezclas son tan variadas que no podemos saborearlas todas.

equipaje está perdido, sin sus provisiones está perdido, sin sus bases de suministro, está perdido. 12. No podemos entrar en alianzas hasta estar familiarizados con los designios de nuestros vecinos. 13. No se está en condiciones de conducir un ejército en marcha, a menos que se esté familiarizado con cada aspecto del país que se recorre; con sus montañas y sus bosques, sus trampas

Don't be surprised if your mind plays tug-of-war between wanting to do something new and wanting to go back to the familiar. It is a natural human reaction to resist change. At first, remind yourself to keep an open mind, even if you don't like the new activity. Tell yourself, "Give it a try" and "Stick with it.

The essence of adventure lies in taking risks and exploring the unknown.

Goodbye Darcy, goodbye Jean, goodbye stone cottage, scratchy towels, fields of wildflowers; good bye gorgeous Peak District ... OK English People, for your own good, get off the roads, here we come!

two photographers who accompanied him, Sonny Miller and Jeff Hornbaker.

An illegal landing in a hostile place, partially caused because of a shortage of beer, was not an auspicious beginning.

They could smell a strangeness in the breeze that blew faintly on their faces down the hill; a beckoning smell of salt and seaweed and excitement.

Oh honestly, Jane, Simon said. You can't find a treasure map and just say, 'Oh, how nice,' and put it back again.

Eucalyptus. Murray Bail. Someone told me that this was a great novel so I bought it, but then I discovered that it was great Australian novel so I put it away. I find it difficult to get to grips with Australian novels. Difficult, but not impossible.

So many people fail to realise that the greatest journey one can ever take is the journey to the very centre of one's being.

If you start looking up, they start asking questions.

REMEMBER Ask who, what, when, where and how. Don't ask why.

She looked around and saw thousands of books in rows of shelves. There were posters on the wall and signs pointing to various sections. It was, well, a library. But when she turned to Jasper, she realized he saw something completely different. His gaze was slightly unfocused as if instead of books, he saw journeys and possibilities.

to the GPS system. It greeted her in French.

How can you have a book for a friend?" Abby asked. "You can't talk to them." "No, but they can take you away to another place. With books, the world feels safe.

Philosophy's greatest task is to enlarge our sense of possibility.

Life isn't safe, isn't meant to be safe. It's meant to be challenging, broadening, frightening even at times. Otherwise we're not having an adventure.