"Not all those who wander are lost."

J.R.R. Tolkien
British writer and philologist (1892-1973)

"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for."

John Augustus Shedd
Writer

"For once you have tasted flight you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skywards, for there you have been and there you will long to return."

Leonardo da Vinci
Italian painter, sculptor & architect

"Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness."

Mark Twain
Amercian Writer (1835-1910)

"To enjoy trust is a greater compliment than to be loved."

George MacDonald
british writer (1824-1905)

"The best way to fight the forbidden is to allow it."

John B. Priestley
british writer (1894-1984)

"The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your dreams."

Oprah Winfrey
Talk show host, actress and entrepreneur

"Forgiving and forgetting means throwing precious experiences out the window."

Arthur Schopenhauer
german philosopher (1788-1860)

"Nothing achieves such an effect as a good platitude."

Oscar Wilde
Irish author

"Life is a traveling to the edge of knowledge, then a leap taken."

D.H. Lawrence
British Writer (1885-1930)

"Comparing is the end of happiness and the beginning of dissatisfaction."

Søren Kierkegaard
Danish philosopher, theologian and writer (1813-1855)

"One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity, of that oneness without which no better world is possible."

Ella Maillart
Swiss athlete, travel writer and photographer (1903-1997)

"The truly free person is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without having to give an excuse."

Jules Renard
french writer

"I know that all prejudices are shaped by the culture in which we grew up."

Isabel Allende
Chilean-American writer and journalist