John Dos Passos Quotes

Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars.

To travel is to take a journey into yourself.

A person needs at intervals to separate himself from family and companions and go to new places. He must go without his familiars in order to be open to influences, to change.

Self-discovery is above all the realization that we are alone.

'He who seeks may easily get lost himself. It is a crime to go apart and be alone.' Thus speaks the herd.

A traveller I am, and a navigator, and everyday I discover a new region within my soul.

Those who would see wonderful things must often be ready to travel alone.

There's no journey worth taking except the journey through one's self. That's the most important journey you take. I found that out as I went around the world many times: I was learning about me.

When the traveler goes alone he gets acquainted with himself.

Life is for each man a solitary cell whose walls are mirrors.

I did not wish to take a cabin passage, but rather to go before the mast and on the deck of the world, for there I could best see the moonlight amid the mountains. I do not wish to go below now.

Especially on unexpected journeys, you have time; you can figure certain deeper things out, like who you are and what you want. That's why I enjoy journeys.

Sometimes you want to make your own experiences.

I'd love to go to a remote part of the world or maroon myself on a tropical island, and shoot the whole thing myself. I've always adventured with other people and I'd like to spend some time completely on my own.

There is something so different and empowering about travelling solo. It's a unique experience and one that is so self-educating.

On the Road that I have taken, one day walking I awaken, amazed to see where I've come, where I'm going, where I'm from.

I can speak to my soul only when the two of us are off exploring deserts or cities or mountains or roads.

If a woman is to know herself, then periods of solitude should be courted, planned, and embraced.

Cherish your solitude. Take trains by yourself to places you have never been. Sleep out alone under the stars. Learn how to drive a stick shift. Go so far away that you stop being afraid of not coming back. Say no when you don’t want to do something. Say yes if your instincts are strong, even if everyone around you disagrees. Decide whether you want to be liked or admired. Decide if fitting in is more important than finding out what you’re doing here. Believe in kissing.

One of the pleasantest things in the world is going on a journey; but I like to go by myself.

I've always thought I was looking for myself whenever I traveled. Like a journey anywhere was really a journey through myself.

Anything we fully do is an alone journey.

I hoped that the trip would be the best of all journeys: a journey into ourselves.

And so I learned what solitude really was. It was raw material - awesome, malleable,older than men or worlds or water. And it was merciless - for it let a man become precisely what he alone made of himself.