Tony Horwitz Quotes

Not all those who wander are lost.

I have wandered all my life, and I have also traveled; the difference between the two being this, that we wander for distraction, but we travel for fulfillment.

But this road doesn't go anywhere,” I told him. “That doesn't matter.” “What does?” I asked, after a little while. “Just that we're on it, dude,” he said.

There are two great days in a person's life - the day we are born and the day we discover why.

The purpose of life is a life of purpose.

There are many paths but only one journey.

The journey is the reward

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.

You must find your treasure in order to make sense of everything you discovered on the path.

People will always try to find themselves and their place in the world.

The more you let yourself be distracted from where you are going, the more you are the person that you are. It's not so much like getting lost as it is like getting found.

I believe life takes us where we need to be.

The value of identity of course is that so often with it comes purpose.

Life would be so wonderful if we only knew what to do with it.

So it allows me to travel, I'll be doing that and running these great rivers and doing what I've done in the past without much purpose other than for the experience.

Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.

The bottom line is: We must be working on arriving at the destination for which we were put on this planet.

The fool wanders, a wise man travels.

I am waiting for a sign that will indicate to me what meaning I must give to my life, but right now my existence is satisfactory.

It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.

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.

We look for meaning and purpose; children bring that.

Most people are looking for something to give their life meaning.

When you think of it, really there are four fundamental questions of life. You've asked them, I've asked them, every thinking person asks them. They boil down to this; origin, meaning, morality and destiny. 'How did I come into being? What brings life meaning? How do I know right from wrong? Where am I headed after I die?'

Not just whether but how we find our way truly matters.