Quotes About Exploration

Why do women love bad men? Margaret had asked the question herself, and answered it, in Woman in the Nineteenth Century. The belief that men have "stronger passions," Margaret theorized, has been "inculcated" in women for centuries, and "the preference often shown by women for bad men arises . . . from a confused idea that they are bold and adventurous, acquainted with regions which women are forbidden to explore.

The road less traveled will not be smooth

So where should we go at it?' asked Bastian. 'Anywhere you want me,' I murmured, dreamily. 'Pardon?' 'Anywhere,' I said. 'Why don't we start in a familiar place, so we are not nervous our first time?' I have to remind myself that this is real, and not part of the daydream. He's talking about the Storytelling Project. Not sex.

The Toad Pee Club had taken one small step for toadkind and one giant leapfrog for humankind.

to the North

My whole life, I had been taught to read and study, to seek understanding in knowledge of history, of cultures.

A beautiful idea is a beautiful door; it invites you to enter inside!

A beautiful road is a beautiful friend; you never get bored with it!

A bird without wings and a man without art are both condemned to wander in low places; they can never soar up to those unrivaled heights.

A camel that always moves with the camel caravan cannot discover the beauties of the unknown oases!

A completely secure life can be found only outside the life!

A journey to the unknown shores needs a port, a ship, a wind; but more important than all of them: Courage; courage to leave the known for the unknown!

A man with a great curiosity will never get bored even if he lives millions years!

A street that you have never visited is a book that you have never read! You never know what you are missing!

All cultures have things to learn from all other cultures. Don't get stuck in your culture! Go beyond it! Get out of your aquarium; get out of your farm; get out of your castle; break your bell jar! Give chance to other cultures and to other opinions! This is the best way for you to see the insufficiencies, absurdities and stupidities in your culture!

All man must live in Machu Picchu for some time! Over there, you will be closer to the universe and you will realise how trivial you are in this chaotic cosmos. Science is the only power which will make you bigger and significant in this universe!

All the beautiful corners of the world are the greatest mind and body healers!

Aquarium fishes even if they only imagine going to a lake, the windows of that aquarium will become thinner than before.

As long as your curiosity is greater than your fear, you will move forward!

Be the inner journeys, be the outer travels, all trips elevate man, all voyages lift him up!

Beautiful places are not for sleeping; they are for staying awake to watch the beauties!

Before claiming that your own country have the best mountain or have the most wonderful forest or have the prettiest temple, first travel around the world!

Before you enter the forest, you must leave your mind outside, because in the land of fairy tales there is no need for it!

Beyond the limits there lies other limits.