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.

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.

I am convinced that to live is to travel towards the world's end.

It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better.

There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men.

You can feel as brave as Columbus starting for the unknown the first time you enter a Chinese lane full of boys laughing at you, or when you risk climbing down in a Tibetan pub for a meal of rotten meat.