The simple willingness to improvise is more vital, in the long run, than research.

The secret of adventure, then, is not to carefully seek it out but to travel in such a way that it finds you. To do this, you first need to overcome the protective habits of home and open yourself up to unpredictability. As you begin to practice this openness, you'll quickly discover adventure in the simple reality of a world that defies your expectations. More often than not, you'll discover that “adventure” is a decision after the fact-a way of deciphering an event or an experience that you can't quite explain.

I think your travels get better when you stop showcasing your journey to others and begin to live it, quietly and joyfully.

Work is when you confront the problems you might otherwise be tempted to run away from

Time is the truest form of wealth. And the beauty is, we are all born equally rich in time.

The more we associate experience with cash value, the more we think that money is what we need to live. And the more we associate money with life, the more we convince ourselves that we're too poor to buy our freedom.

Indeed, the most vivid travel experiences usually find you by accident, and the qualities that will make you fall in love with a place are rarely the features that took you there.