To see the world, things dangerous to come to,
To see behind walls, to draw closer,
To find each other and to feel.
That is the purpose of life.
Quotes
Bill Watterson
“It’s a magical world, Hobbes, ol’ buddy…Let’s go exploring!”
—Bill Watterson, Calvin and Hobbes
Born 1958, cartoonist
William Least Heat Moon
“What you’ve done becomes the judge of what you’re going to do – especially in other people’s minds. When you’re traveling, you are what you are right there and then. People don’t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road.”
—William Least Heat Moon
Born 1939, travel writer and historian
Yusuf Islam
“…But take your time, think a lot
Think of everything you’ve got
For you will still be here tomorrow
But your dreams may not
…
It’s always been the same, same old story
From the moment I could talk
I was ordered to listen
Now there’s a way
And I know that I have to go away
I know I have to go”
—Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), Father & Son
Born 1948, singer, songwriter
Clifton Fadiman
“When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable.”
—Clifton Fadiman
1904-1999, intellectual, author, and editor
David Attenborough
“I just wish the world was twice as big and half of it was still unexplored.”
—David Attenborough
Born 1926, broadcaster and naturalist
Maya Angelou
“Perhaps travel cannot prevent bigotry, but by demonstrating that all people cry, laugh, eat, worry, and die, it can introduce the idea that if we try and understand each other, we may even become friends.”
—Maya Angelou
1928-2014, author, poet, dancer, actress, and singer
Hilaire Belloc
“We wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.”
—Hilaire Belloc
1870-1953, writer, poet and historian