Paulo Coelho Quotes

I've always wanted to get as far as possible from the place where I was born. Far both geographically and spiritually. To leave it behind ... I feel that life is very short and the world is there to see and one should know as much about it as possible. One belongs to the whole world, not just one part of it.

I love to travel. I'm a curious person.

By not going to school I learned that the world is a beautiful place and needs to be discovered.

It blows my mind - whenever you're stuck in one place, you think this is how the world is, and then you walk out and see there's so many layers to everything.

I don't believe in the whole thing of staying anywhere - we are meant to explore, to travel, and meant to spread our roots.

To lose your prejudices you must travel.

Come with me, ladies and gentlemen who are in any wise weary of London: come with me: and those that tire at all of the world we know: for we have new worlds here.

I just wanted to make something in the world and worry about the rest of it later and not get too caught up in rules.

Life is elsewhere. Cross frontiers. Fly away.

There is wisdom in turning as often as possible from the familiar to the unfamiliar: it keeps the mind nimble, it kills prejudice, and it fosters humor.

The world unwraps itself to you, again and again as soon as you are ready to see it anew.

I went from staring at the same four walls for 21 years to seeing the whole world in just 12 months.

I travel because I like to move from place to place, I enjoy the sense of freedom it gives me, it pleases me to be rid of ties, responsibilities, duties, I like the unknown; I meet odd people who amuse me for a moment and sometimes suggest a theme for a composition; I am often tired of myself and I have a notion that by travel I can add to my personality and so change myself a little. I do not bring back from the journey quite the same self that I took

This was just one night, one chance to vary and see where it took me. The fireflies were probably already out: maybe it wasn’t just a season or a time but a whole world I’d forgotten. I’d never know until I stepped out into it. So I did.

Travel is an act of humility

Youth is the time to go flashing from one end of the world to the other, both in mind and body.

Travel is an attitude, a state of mind. It is not residence, it is motion.

My direction? Anywhere. Because one is always nearer by not keeping still.

There's a world out there. Open a window, and it's there.

I am very glad I have travelled. Travel improves the mind wonderfully, and does away with all one's prejudices.

Never hesitate to go far away, beyond all seas, all frontiers, all countries, all beliefs.

We are men and our lot in life is to learn and to be hurled into inconceivable new worlds.

In a world where you are constantly asked to be 'committed,' it is liberating to give yourself the license to be a dilettante. Commit to nothing. Try everything.

She who seeks shall find, find all to well, and end up clouding her vision with her own preconceptions.

The world is so much larger than I thought. I thought we went along paths--but it seems there are no paths. The going itself is the path.