"Everything new troubles us. Life catches us unawares and obliges us to journey towards the unknown, even when we do not want to, even when we do not need to."
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"And so I am this pilgrim - if I can somehow answer your question - who's constantly amazed by this journey. Who is learning a new thing every single day. But who's not accumulating knowledge, because then it becomes a very heavy burden in your back. I am this person who is proud to be a pilgrim, and who's trying to honor his journey."
"In our obsessive wish to arrive, we often forget the most important thing, which is the journey."
"To each of man's ages the Lord gives its own anxieties."
"It is not the life that matters, but the journey."
"She saved my life...and I’ve ruined hers. They sat in silence for a full minute, the air between them growing heavy, as if they both wanted to speak, and yet had nothing to say. They were strangers, after all, on a brief and bizarre journey that had just reached a fork in the road, each of them now needing to find seperate paths."
"See him, the gentle Bible beast, / With lacquered hoofs and curling mane, / His wondering journey from the East / Half done, between the rock and plain."
"There's only one problem with the hero's journey, it never included women."
"The hero's journey is simply who we are as human beings."
"The Things that never can come back, are several- Childhood-some forms of Hope-the Dead- Though Joys-like Men-may sometimes make a Journey- And still abide-."
"The highest treason, the meanest treason, is to deny the holiness of this little blue planet on which we journey through the cold void of space."
"A journey into the wilderness is the freest, cheapest, most nonprivileged of pleasures. Anyone with two legs and the price of a pair of army surplus combat boots may enter."
"The last couple of years have been a good learning experience for me and a good journey. My first world title fight I fought Erik Morales and how much experience do you think you can get from that? A lot of people thought he would beat me because of experience. I've faced a lot of experienced fighters."
"Midway upon the journey of our life"
"When I had journeyed half of our life's way, I found myself within a shadowed forest, for I had lost the path that does not stray."
"There was hope in him, and soon perhaps the outline of his journey would take form."
"While the path to wealth is clearly marked, few are willing to adapt themselves to the modest discipline that the journey requires. Instead, most choose the shinier track of debt-driven consumption, which they find further along is covered in vines and thorns."
"Prayers and Provender hinder no Journey."
"The journey of prayer is nothing more or less than a gradual awakening to the reality of recognizing what is already there."
"I don't know if I'll ever be a master at anything, but I think that's a mistake for me personally. I don't know how much it's about the journey, but it's more about the process."