It often occurs that pride and selfishness are muddled with strength and independence. They are neither equal nor similar; in fact, they are polar opposites. A coward may be so cowardly that he masks his weakness with some false personification of power. He is afraid...
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Criss Jami
But in the desert, in the pure clean atmosphere, in the silence — there you can find yourself. And unless you begin to know yourself, how can you even begin to search for God?
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Father Dioscuros
In the desert, the only god is a well.
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Vera Nazarian
An afternoon drive from Los Angeles will take you up into the high mountains, where eagles circle above the forests and the cold blue lakes, or out over the Mojave Desert, with its weird vegetation and immense vistas. Not very far away are Death Valley,...
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Christopher Isherwood
He watched her for her reaction, or possibly watched her just to watch, his eyes hooded by his lashes and his mouth impassive. A faceless man–such as the one she had dreamed of since she was a child–his identity not obscured by mist or flying...
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V.S. Carnes
More Quotes By Ella Maillart
I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.
You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.
Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive.
Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.
One travels to run away from routine, that dreadful routine that kills all imagination and all our capacity for enthusiasm.
