50 Quotes by Ella Maillart

The sooner we learn to be jointly responsible, the easier the sailing will be.

Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own.

We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life.

Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.

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

I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition.

That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life.

The wideness of the horizon has to be inside us, cannot be anywhere but inside us, otherwise what we speak about is geographic distances.

Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of.