When preparing to travel, lay out all your clothes and all your money. Then take half the clothes and twice the money. -Susan Heller

Thanks to the Interstate Highway System, it is now possible to travel across the country from coast to coast without seeing anything. -Charles Kuralt, On the Road With Charles Kuralt

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. -Anatole France

The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes "sight-seeing." -Daniel J. Boorstin

It is not down in any map; true places never are. -Herman Melville

The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see. -G.K. Chesterton

Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars... and if you have eyes you will be able to see that the whole existence is joyful. Everything is simply happy. Trees are happy for no reason; they are not going to become prime ministers or presidents and they are not going to become rich and they will never have any bank balance. Look at the flowers - for no reason. It is simply unbelievable how happy flowers are. -Osho


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