We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life.

From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide.

Certain travelers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive.

Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.

Happiness is the intoxication produced by the moment of poise between a satisfactory past and an immediate future, rich with promise.

That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life.

I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.