Travel is the traveler. What we see isn't what we see but what we are.

It isn't just talent. You have to have something else. You have to have a kind of nerve.

Real generosity toward the future lies in giving all to the present.

I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.

A book must be the axe for the frozen sea inside us.

We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.

Pretend you’re more obsessed with this moment and a little bit less with the way it ends.

The only lasting truth is change.

If you want to look good in front of thousands, you have to outwork thousands in front of nobody.

Love sought is good, but given unsought is better.

The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.

Words empowered by justice can never be silenced.