I am sure that instinctively we wish to be everything, to possess it-why cut the rose or marry the man, otherwise?

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.

The wideness of the horizon has to be inside us, cannot be anywhere but inside us, otherwise what we speak about is geographic distances.

I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it.

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

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

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.