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

I refuse to imprison our acts in the rigid mould of sentences.

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.

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

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

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

The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons.