All Ella Maillart Quotes
When I look at something, it is certain that for an instant I am one with what I see.
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We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children.
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You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.
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Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our consciousness being broadened and enriched, we shall judge ourselves more correctly.
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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.
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When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes.
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There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men.
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The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons.
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Shall we ever see the 10 million things of the universe simultaneously in order to be the all? I am convinced that to live is to travel towards the world's end.
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Only when one is able to grasp wideness can one possess it.
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One travels to escape from it all, but that is the great illusion: It cannot be done, since one travels with one's mind.
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I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad.
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Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them.
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That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life.
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