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Alain de Botton on Travel

“Journeys are the midwives of thought. Few places are more conducive to internal conversations than moving planes, ships or trains.”

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Hans Christian Andersen

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“Just living is not enough," said the butterfly, "one must have sunshine, freedom, and a little flower.”

Saint Augustine

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“The world is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.”

Robert Louis Stevenson

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“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.”

Lao Tzu

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“A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.”

E.M. Forster

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“Travel was a species of warfare.”

Mark Twain

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“Travel is fatal to narrowmindedness, prejudice and bigotry.”

G.K. Chesterton

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“The traveler sees what he sees. The tourist sees what he has come to see.”

Marshall McLuhan

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“The photograph reverses the purpose of travel, which until now had been to encounter the strange and unfamiliar.”

Flaubert

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“Travel makes one modest. You see what a tiny place you occupy in the world.”

Oscar Wilde

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“Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one’s prejudices.”

Rumi

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“Travel brings power and love back into your life.”

James Madison

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“Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy s...”

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