Quotes About Exploration

risks must be taken . . . the person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, and is nothing . . . he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or live. . . . / only a person who risks is free." Taking

Here are two good-humored men, always ready to take coffee and opium, about to take a pleasure trip around the islands together.

the unfamiliar appearance of the people, "of a tawny complexion," so unlike the Portuguese experience of Africans; the men variously shaved or heavily bearded; the women, "as a rule, short and ugly

What I believe is that all clear-minded people should remain two things throughout their lifetimes: Curious and teachable.

We are put on this planet only once, and to limit ourselves to the familiar is a crime against our minds.

It is the same for your life. Be flexible and explore different behaviors and strategies to unlock what you truly want in life or who you are destined to be. At

By definition, inventing new ideas requires you to think about things that are not already in your mind.

When you don't know where you're going, you drive on the highway.

That's why people require travel books on the 1960s, I thought. They want to go there. They want to feel that sun on their backs.

One of the reasons I live abroad is because, as a writer, I can see England better when removed from it.

It's wonderful to travel with somebody that you love and we never travel anywhere without one another.

This book is about physics and its about physics and its relationship with mathematics and how they seem to be intimately related and to what extent can you explore this relationship and trust it.

There may be no more pleasing picture in the world than that of a child peering into a book - the past and the future entrancing each other.

Do not keep company with people who speak of careers. Not only are such people uninteresting in themselves; they also have no interest in anything interesting. . . . Keep company with people who are interested in the world outside themselves. The one who never asks you what you are working on; who never inquires as to the success of your latest project; who never uses the word career as a noun -- he is your friend.

Sounds as if the intruder was looking for something, Norma.

Literature is the question minus the answer.

Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill

He had eaten Kate's map so

Vagabonding involves taking an extended time-out from your normal life—six weeks, four months, two years—to travel the world on your own terms.

Vagabonding is about looking for adventure in normal life, and normal life within adventure. Vagabonding is an attitude—a friendly interest in people, places, and things that makes a person an explorer in the truest, most vivid sense of the word.

If in doubt about what to do in a place, just start walking through your new environment. Walk until your day becomes interesting—even if this means wandering out of town and strolling the countryside. Eventually you'll see a scene or meet a person that makes your walk worthwhile. If you get "lost" in the process, just take a bus or taxi to a local landmark and find your way back to your hotel from there.

vagabonding is simply a matter of making work serve your interests

For all the amazing experiences that await you in distant lands, the "meaningful" part of travel always starts at home, with a personal investment in the wonders to come.

no combination of one-week or ten-day vacations will truly take you away from the life you lead at home.