You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.

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

I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition.

The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.

One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity, of that oneness without which no better world is possible.

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

Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of.