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Quotes About Exploration

It is not the life that matters, but the journey.
~ Paulo Coelho
We are all pilgrims in search of the unknown.
~ Paulo Coelho
Creatures like the sheep, that are used to traveling, know about moving on.
~ Paulo Coelho
Life is like cooking: before choosing what you love, try everything... ?
~ Paulo Coelho
When you travel, you experience, in a very practical way, the act of rebirth. You confront completely new situations, the day passes more slowly, and on most journeys you don't even understand the language the people speak.
~ Paulo Coelho
It was a mistake that set the world in motion. Never be afraid of making a mistake.
~ Paulo Coelho
Veronica hated everything, but mainly she hated the way she had lived her life, never bothering to discover the hundreds of other Veronicas who lived inside her and who were interesting, crazy, curious, brave, bold.
~ Paulo Coelho
Those who wish to learn magic ought to begin by looking around them.
~ Paulo Coelho
The ship is safest when it's in port, but that's not what ships were built for.
~ Paulo Coelho
Todos los caminos del mundo llevan hasta el corazón del guerrero; él se zambulle sin pensar en el río de las pasiones que corre por su vida.
~ Paulo Coelho
You don't have to climb a mountain to find out whether or not it's high.
~ Paulo Coelho
People never learn anything by being told, they have to findout for themselves.
~ Paulo Coelho
When faced by any loss, there's no point in trying to recover what has been, it's best to take advantage of the large space that opens up before us and fill it with something new
~ Paulo Coelho
It is not life that matters, but the journey.
~ Paulo Coelho
The Marquis De Sade said that the most important experiences a man can have are those that take him to the very limit; that is the only way we learn, because it requires all our courage.
~ Paulo Coelho
I have inside me the winds, the deserts, the oceans, the stars, and everything created in the universe. We were all made by the same hand, and we have the same soul. I want to be like you, able to reach every corner of the world, cross the seas, blow away the sands that cover my treasure, and carry the voice of the woman I love.
~ Paulo Coelho
I'm afraid of taking steps that are not on the map, but by taking those steps despite my fears, I have much more interesting life.
~ Paulo Coelho
As you go in, on the first floor, the back window
~ Paulo Coelho
Where will my heart lead if I've yet to wander so many unknown paths?
~ Paulo Coelho
I'm afraid of committing myself," she thought to herself. She wanted to follow all possible paths and so ended up following none.
~ Paulo Coelho
Saímos pelo mundo em busca de nossos sonhos e ideais. Muitas vezes colocamos nos lugares inacessíveis o que está ao alcance das mãos.
~ Paulo Coelho
But ever since he had been a child, he wanted to know the world, and this was much more important to him than knowing God and learning about man's sins.
~ Paulo Coelho
Traveling is not always a question of money, but of courage. You spent a great part of your life going around the world like a hippie: what money did you have then? None. You could hardly afford the tickets, and nevertheless I believe they were some of the best years of your life - eating badly, sleeping at railway stations, unable to communicate because of the language, being forced to depend on others just in order to find some shelter to spend the night.
~ Paulo Coelho
The roller-coaster is my life; life is a fast, dizzying game; life is a parachute jump; it's taking chances, falling over and getting up again; it's mountaineering; it's wanting to get to the very top of yourself and to feel angry and dissatisfied when you don't manage it.
~ Paulo Coelho