I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

The average bright young man who is drafted hates the whole business, because an army always tries to eliminate the individual differences in men.

Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.

I meant what I said, and I said what I meant.

We travel, some of us forever to seek other states other lives other souls.

I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.

Half of the fun of travel is the aesthetic of lostness.

Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.

I'm black, I don't feel burdened by it and I don't think it's a huge responsibility. It's part of who I am. It does not define me.

Hatred of the mother is familiar, but the mother's hatred still comes as a surprise.

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