Ella Maillart

Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of. ”

I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition. ”

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. ”

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. ”

Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own. ”

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. ”

You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself. ”

Only when one is able to grasp wideness can one possess it. ”

One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity, of that oneness without which no better world is possible. ”

When I crossed Asia with my friend Peter Fleming, we spoke to no one but each other during many months, and we covered exactly the same ground. Nevertheless my journey differed completely from his. ”