Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them.

Only when one is able to grasp wideness can one possess it.

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

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.

We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children.

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

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