Quotes About Exploration

I liked the exoticism his travels gave him, the unknownness. He had blown in with the soft breezes of a wider world, and it was weirdly seductive.

You cut yourself off from all sorts of experiences because you tell yourself you are 'not that sort of person.

Y, por más que lo intento, no entiendo cómo puedes estar satisfecha con una vida tan minúscula. Esta vida que tiene lugar en un radio de poco más de cinco kilómetros y que no incluye a nadie capaz de sorprenderte, exigirte o mostrarte cosas que te dejen boquiabierta y no te dejen dormir de noche.

I like the breath of foreign air, the close-up glimpses of lives far removed from my own. I liked to hear the accents and work out where their owners came from, to study the clothes of people who have never seen a Next catalog or bought a five-pack of knickers at Marks and Spencer.

And I cannot for the life of me see how you can be content to live this tiny life. This life that will take place almost entirely within a five-mile radius and contain nobody who will ever surprise you or push you or show you things that will leave your head spinning and unable to sleep at night.

I ate new foods, walked strange streets, spoke to people in a language that wasn't mine.

My skin grew freckled, my nails bleached, and I began to feel a rare happiness at the simple pleasures of existing here – of walking on a beach, eating unfamiliar foods, swimming in warm, clear water where black fish gazed shyly from under volcanic rocks, or watching the sun sink fiery red into the horizon.

You're going to feel uncomfortable in your new world for a bit. It always does feel strange to be knocked out of your comfort zone. But I hope you feel a bit exhilarated too. There is a hunger in you, a fearlessness. You just buried it, like most people do. LIVE BOLDLY. PUSH YOURSELF. DON'T SETTLE.

and I just suddenly thought, Nope. I can't do it. I'm not going to waste a glorious Saturday doing the same thing I've done for thirty years. I'm going to have an adventure.

I wondered how it would feel to be out there, on your own, in the middle of nowhere.

Not much point worrying what the town thinks about you—nothing you can do about that anyway. But when you look outwards, why, there's a whole world of beautiful things.

I'm telling you there's a while world out there.

You're too bright. Too interesting." He looked away from me. "You only get one life. It's actually your duty to live it as fully as possible.

Pomi?i vlastite granice. Nemoj se skrasiti.

Don't give up, Fred,' said Marc. 'It might be that you're looking in the wrong places.

He doesn't have to actually do anything, but it's about widening his horizons, right? We

We women face many unexpected challenges when we choose to step outside what are considered our habitual boundaries

White-water rafting and scuba diving were not part of his plan for convalescence.

You cut yourself off from all sorts of experience because you tell yourself you re not 'that sort of person

I was gazing underwater at the brightly colored landscape that had been hidden from view, forgetting to be afraid that my equipment might fail, that against all evidence I would sink to the bottom and die a watery death, even that I was afraid at all.

those few minutes, my mouth full of unfamiliar food, my eyes filled with strange sights, I existed only in the moment. I was fully present, my senses alive, my whole being open to receive the new experiences around me. I was in the only place in the world I could possibly be.

But when you look outwards, why, there's a whole world of beautiful things.

Procurar conocimientos es expandir nuestro propio universo.

Te niegas todas estas experiencias porque te dices a ti misma que no eres «ese tipo de persona». —Pero es que no lo soy. —¿Cómo lo sabes? No has hecho nada, no has ido a ningún lugar. ¿Acaso tienes la menor idea de qué tipo de persona eres?