The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.

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The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying...

The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying...

We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here...

We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here...

The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them.

The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them.

The wideness of the horizon has to be inside us, cannot be anywhere but inside...

The wideness of the horizon has to be inside us, cannot be anywhere but inside...

We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when...

We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when...

Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately...

Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately...

Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to...

Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to...

The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as...

The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as...

There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men.

There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men.