Ella Maillart Journey Quotations

You do not travel if you are afraid of the unknown, you travel for the unknown, that reveals you with yourself.

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.

It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better.

No sooner had I left to cruise the Mediterranean than the following question preoccupied me: How far does one kill a journey by making it become real?

There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men.

The benefits of the accomplished journey cannot be weighed in terms of perfect moments, but in terms of how this journey affects and changes our character.