Quotes about Exploration

He'd bivouacked on the north side of the town

That's the place to get to—nowhere. One wants to wander away from the world's somewheres, into our own nowhere.

I have travelled, and looked at the world, and loved it. Now I don't want to look at the world anymore, there seems nothing there. In not-looking, and in not-seeing comes a new strength and undeniable new gods share their life with us, when we cease to see.

If you are satisfied with the results you are now getting, why change? If you are not satisfied, why not experiment?

The ability to read opened up a new and magic world for him, a world he had never dreamed of before. It changed him. It broadened his horizon and gave him vision; and, for a quarter of a century, reading remained the dominant passion of his life.

From this hour I ordain myself loos'd of limits and imaginary lines.

Sail Forth- Steer for the deep waters only. Reckless O soul, exploring. I with thee and thou with me. For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared go. And we will risk the ship, ourselves, and all.

To know the universe itself as a road, as many roads, as roads for traveling souls. -from Song of the Open Road

I am he who walks the States with a barb'd tongue, questioning every one I meet

In vain the razor-bill'd auk sails far north to Labrador

Not I, not any one else can travel that road for you, You must travel it for yourself.

There comes . . . a longing never to travel again except on foot.