Tierreich

Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!”

The only man I envy is the man who has not yet been to Africa — for he has so much to look forward to.

The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.

The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent upon arriving.

There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

Life movies pretty fast, if you don’t stop and look around every once in a while, you could miss it.

Why do you go away? So that you can come back. So that you can see the place you came from with new eyes and extra colors. And the people there see you differently, too. Coming back to where you started is not the same as never leaving.

Better to see something once than to hear about it a thousand times.