True myths, ancient and modern, stop time because they emerge from somewhere beyond time.

Who knows why some words ignite the hearts of some readers while others are like wet matches that won't light.

Uncover what you long for and you will discover who you are.

What every traveler confronts sooner or later is that the way we spend each day of our travel...is the way we spend our lives.

The practice of soulful travel is to discover the overlapping point between history and everyday life, the way to find the essence of every place, every day: in the markets, small chapels, out-of-the-way parks, craft shops. Curiosity about the extraordinary in the ordinary moves the heart of the traveler intent on seeing behind the veil of tourism.

The pilgrim is a poetic traveler, one who believes that there is poetry on the road, at the heart of everything.

What is sacred is what is worthy of our reverence, what evokes awe and wonder in the human heart, and what, when contemplated, transforms us utterly.