Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all peoples cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.

No not me go find someone else to bring down

We need Joy as we need air. We need Love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share.

It is only out of ignorance that people are cruel, because they really don't think it will come back.

You don't need another person, place or thing to make you whole. God already did that. Your job is to know it.

Naturally, if you love somebody, you do want to see their face every now and again, but that's not a condition of your love. People often get possession mixed up with love, and they say, "If you really loved me, you would call me." How - when life is going on? I think of you all the time, and the thought of you always lifts my spirits. But I'm not right at the phone!

Light and shadow are opposite sides of the same coin. We can illuminate our paths or darken our way. It is a matter of choice.