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In an age of distraction, nothing can feel more luxurious than paying attention.


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In an age of constant movement, nothing is more urgent than sitting still.



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Making a living and making a life sometimes point in opposite directions.



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Travel is not really about leaving our homes, but leaving our habits.



But it’s only by having some distance from the world that you can see it whole, and understand what you should be doing with it.

But it’s only by having some distance from the world that you can see it whole, and understand what you should be doing with it.



Home is not just the place where you happen to be born. Its the place where you become yourself.

Home is not just the place where you happen to be born. Its the place where you become yourself.



We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves.

We travel, initially, to lose ourselves; and we travel, next to find ourselves.



Finding a sanctuary, a place apart from time, is not so different from finding a faith.

Finding a sanctuary, a place apart from time, is not so different from finding a faith.



I often think we're most happy when we forget the time.

I often think we're most happy when we forget the time.



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A person susceptible to "wanderlust" is not so much addicted to movement as committed to transformation.





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