"Traveling is like falling in love, the world is made new."

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Source : Jan Myrdal, Gun Kessle (1971). “Gates to Asia: a diary from a long journey”, Pantheon

Jan Myrdal

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“The only reason for mastering technique is to make sure the body does not prevent the soul from expressing itself.”
“My programme, The Art of Creative Expression, empowers young people with tools to express themselves. We teach photography, art and drama, but it's not just the medium that's important, it's about what you are trying to say.”

Source : "Global Citizen". Scouts Interview, July/August 2010.
“it is my belief that one should learn patience in a foreign land, for I take it that this is the true measure of travel. If one does not suffer some frustration of the ordinary reflexes, how can one be sure one is really traveling?”
“With all of its false assumptions and evil methods, communism grew as a protest against the hardships of the underprivileged. Communism in theory emphasized a classless society, and a concern for social justice, though the world knows from sad experience that in practice it created new classes and a new lexicon of injustice.”
“Madness was only a handicap only if you couldn't control its irrationalities.”
“We look at the present through a rear view mirror. We march backwards into the future.”
“Sound is one of the best most powerful tools. All the ancient traditions confirm that in the beginning was the word. Sound sort of predates form.”
“I don't think you're weak," Jared said. "I want to guard you because you are important to me. Because you are - God, this is going to sound so stupid, I can never think of a way to say it - you are precious. I can never think of how to describe the value you have to me, because all the words for value suggest that you belong to me, and you don't.”

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