there is still an overwhelming social compulsion-an insanity of consensus, if you will-to get rich from life rather than live richly, to “do well” in the world instead of living well.

I think your travels get better when you stop showcasing your journey to others and begin to live it, quietly and joyfully.

Time is the truest form of wealth. And the beauty is, we are all born equally rich in time.

Long-term travel doesn't require a massive bundle of cash; it requires only that we walk through the world in a more deliberate way.

If in doubt, just walk until your day becomes interesting.

Begin to look at maps with the narcotic tingle of possibility.

The simple willingness to improvise is more vital, in the long run, than research.

What better way to discover the unknown than to follow your instincts instead of your plans.

Indeed, the most vivid travel experiences usually find you by accident, and the qualities that will make you fall in love with a place are rarely the features that took you there.

Of all the adventures and challenges that wait on the vagabonding road, the most difficult can be the act of coming home.

Vagabonding is about not merely reallotting a portion of your life for travel but rediscovering the entire concept of time.

Never say no to now

To write a good book, you must read one book for each page of the book you are about to write.

We're getting so pulled in by computers and technology, and our kids have their face in the computers all day. The human relationship is being diminished by this.

Weapons, when they break and are mended, can be stronger at the mended places. Perhaps hearts are the same.

The covetous person is full of fear; and he or she who lives in fear will ever be a slave.

And Death spoke to them —’” “Sorry,” interjected Harry, “but Death spoke to them?” “It’s a fairy tale, Harry!” “Right, sorry. Go on.

Content informs design; design without content is decoration.

When we lose our myths we lose our place in the universe.

The camera is first a means of self-discovery and a means of self-growth. The artist has one thing to say - himself.

Sometimes it is the simplest, seemingly most inane, most practical stuff that matters the most to someone.