The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons.
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One travels so as to learn once more how to marvel at life in the way a child does. And blessed be the poet, the artist who knows how to keep alive his sense of wonder.Ella Maillart
Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of.
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The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character.
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You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.
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Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice in boxes, sunshine in bulbs, music on disks, or images gliding over a pale screen.
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There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men.
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