Ein Paar Gedanken...

Hier ein paar Gedanken zum Reisen, die mir auf meinen Weg mitgegeben wurden, oder, über die ich im Laufe meines Abenteuers gestolpert bin. 

Der größte Schritt ist der Schritt aus der Tür. - aus England

Wohin du auch gehst, geh mit deinem ganzen Herzen. - Confucius

Folge dem Fluss und finde das Meer!

Wer nie fortkommt, kommt nie heim!

Es kommt eine Zeit im Leben,
da bleibt einem nichts anderes übrig,
als seinen eigenen Weg zu gehen.
Eine Zeit, in der man die eigenen Träume
verwirklichen muss.
Eine Zeit, in der man endlich für die eigenen
Überzeugungen eintreten muss.

Vielleicht bedeutet Liebe auch lernen,
jemanden gehen zu lassen,
wissen, wann es Abschiednehmen heißt.
Nicht zulassen, dass unsere Gefühle dem
im Weg stehen,
was am Ende wahrscheinlich besser ist
für die, die wir lieben.

- Sergio Bambaren (aus Der träumende Delfin)

Traveling is not just seeing the new; it is also leaving behind. Not just opening doors; also closing them behind you, never to return. But the place you have left forever is always there for you to see whenever you shut your eyes. - Jan Myrdal

Life should not be a journey to the grave

 with the intention of arriving safely

in an attractive and well preserved body,

but rather, to skid in sideways,

champagne in one hand,

strawberries in the other,

body thoroughly used up,

totally worn out and screaming:

 "Woo Hoo!!! What a Ride!!!"

The voyage of discovery lies not in finding new landscapes, but in having new eyes. - Marcel Proust

I had ambiguous feelings about the differences between tourists and travelers - the problem being that the more I traveled, the smaller the differences became. But the one difference I could still latch on to was that tourists went on holidays while travelers did something else. They traveled.

- Alex Garland (aus The Beach)

If I'd learnt one thing from traveling, it was that the way to get things done was to go ahead and do them. Don't talk about going to Borneo. Book a ticket, get a visa, pack a bag and it just happens. - Alex Garland (aus The Beach)

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving. - Lao Tzu

It is good to have an end of journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end.

- Ursula K. Le Guin

A man travels the world in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. - George Moore

It's where we go, and what we do when we get there, that tells us who we are. - Joyce Carol Oates

Travelers never think that they are the foreigners. - Mason Cooley

The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one's own country as a foreign land. - G. K. Chesterton

The worst thing about being a tourist is having other tourists recognize you as a tourist.

- Russel Baker

I have found that there ain't no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them. - Mark Twain

Peculiar travel suggestions are dancing lessons from God. - Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. - Confucius

Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. - Helen Keller

I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train. - Oscar Wilde

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go. - T. S.  Eliot

When you travel, remember that the foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable. - Clifton Fadiman

Travel not only stirs the blood... It also gives strenght to the spirit. - Florence Prag Kahn

If you actually look like your passport photo, you aren't well enough to travel. - Sir Vivian Fuchs

The most important trip you may take in life is meeting people halfway. - Henry Boye

Smile, it makes people wonder what you've been up to.