Ella Maillart Quotes
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I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it.
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That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life.
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Only when one is able to grasp wideness can one possess it.
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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.
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You can feel as brave as Columbus starting for the unknown the first time you enter a Chinese lane full of boys laughing at you, or when you risk climbing down in a Tibetan pub for a meal of rotten meat.
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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.
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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.
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I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad.
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Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice in boxes, sunshine in bulbs, music on disks, or images gliding over a pale screen.
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Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive.
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The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons.
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Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own.
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The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character.
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The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself.