The journey, not the arrival, matters; the voyage, not the landing.

Hawaii is not a state of mind, but a state of grace.

There are probably more annoying things than being hectored about African development by a wealthy Irish rock star in a cowboy hat, but I can't think of one at the moment.

The Australian Book of Etiquette is a very slim volume.

I cannot make my days longer so I strive to make them better.

You go away for a long time and return a different person - you never come all the way back.

You can't save the rhinos and you can't preserve a culture. I'm very pessimistic. Once it's gone, it's over.

All travel is circular. I had been jerked through Asia, making a parabola on one of the planet's hemispheres. After all, the grand tour is just the inspired man's way of heading home.

Travel is an attitude, a state of mind. It is not residence, it is motion.

Railways are irresistible bazaars, snaking along perfectly level no matter what the landscape, improving your mood with speed, and never upsetting your drink.

Tibet has a very proud people but it's culturally gone and overrun ever since the Chinese took over. It's like saving the rhino. When a species is endangered, it's gone.

And no one will listen to us until we listen to ourselves.

You want some advice?""Yes""Never go to a doctor whose office plants have died.

Gentleman: one who never hurts anyone's feelings unintentionally.

The artist is called a creator.

Adoption was a bumpy ride - very bumpy. But, God, was it worth the fight.

You are the sky. Everything else - it’s just the weather.

Sometimes you don't realize how special something is until you lose it. Thats how I feel about Ramadan every year.

Jonathan Edwards is without a doubt the most brilliant mind America ever produced. I'm not talking about theologian; I'm talking about mind and everybody. I put him above Einstein and everybody else.

Writing about dead white males seems to be out of favor among academics.

Men, no matter what their promises, rarely leave their spouses - the louses.