We have always been taught that navigation is the result of civilization, but modern archeology has demonstrated very clearly that this is not so.
Thor HeyerdahlIn my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds.
Thor HeyerdahlIn a city a man may feel second to none. But alone in the immensity of the universe, among all the creatures that preceded man and built up the human species, even a most fervent atheist will wonder if Darwin found the visible road but not the invisible mechanism.
Thor HeyerdahlThis world has seen a great many civilizations. And many of them have survived for longer periods than ours up to the present. They were all as sure as we are today of having founded the first eternal civilization. We today differ from them in having our western civilization spread to embrace the entire planet, leaving no room on any continent for any other culture to take over if we fail.
Thor Heyerdahl