When I look at the human brain I'm still in awe of it.
it is a curious fact that camels walk more quickly and straighter to the sound of singing.
The perfect journey is never finished, the goal is always just across the next river, round the shoulder of the next mountain. There is always one more track to follow, one more mirage to explore.
That is the charm of a map. It represents the other side of the horizon where everything is possible. It has the magic of anticipation without the toil and sweat of realization. The greatest romance ever written pales before the possibilities of adventure that lie in the faint blue trails from sea to sea. The perfect journey is never finished, the goal is always just across the next river, round the shoulder of the next mountain. There is always one more track to follow, one more mirage to explore. Achievement is the price which the wanderer pays for the right to venture.
It is true there is a scent in the desert, though there may be no flower or tree or blade of grass within miles. It is the essence of the untrodden, untarnished earth herself!
The curly red lines across the African deserts had the fascination of a magnet, and I hoped fervently that the pioneers who were writing their names over the blank spaces, would leave just one small desert for me.
That is the charm of the map. It represents the other side of the horizon where everything is possible.
Some praise the Lord for Light, The living spark; I thank God for the Night The healing dark.
The only way of learning the method of science is the long and bitter way of personal experience.
All that is not eternal is eternally out of date.
I believe that the beauty of repetition is something that is not explored enough yet.