quotations about travel
When a traveller returneth home, let him not leave the countries, where he hath travelled, altogether behind him; but maintain a correspondence by letters, with those of his acquaintance, which are of most worth. And let his travel appear rather in his discourse, than his apparel or gesture; and in his discourse, let him be rather advised in his answers, than forward to tell stories; and let it appear that he doth not change his country manners, for those of foreign parts; but only prick in some flowers, of that he hath learned abroad, into the customs of his own country.
FRANCIS BACON
"Of Travel", The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
Travel is the soul of civilization.
ZORA NEALE HURSTON
attributed, The Art of Pilgrimage
To travel is to possess the world.
E. BURTON HOLMES
American Review of Reviews, December 1907
Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education, in the elder, a part of experience.
FRANCIS BACON
"Of Travel", The Essays or Counsels, Civil and Moral
Though they carry nothing forth with them, yet in all their journey they lack nothing. For wheresoever they come, they be at home.
SIR THOMAS MORE
"Of Their Journeying or Travelling Abroad", Utopia
Travel is one of the greatest facilitators of creation, if only because it forces us to observe other ways of creating things.
BLAKE SNOW
"Off The Grid: Why Do We Travel?", Paste Magazine, May 16, 2017
I have just been all round the world and have formed a very poor opinion of it.
SIR THOMAS BEECHAM
attributed, The Quotable Traveler
Travel is an attitude, a state of mind. It is not residence, it is motion.
PAUL THEROUX
introduction, The Best American Travel Writing
I depart,
Whither I know not; but the hour's gone by
When Albion's lessening shores could grieve or glad mine eye.
LORD BYRON
Childe Harold's Pilgrimage
Travel not too fast, if you would learn.
PETER RAMUS
attributed, Day's Collacon
A wise man travels to discover himself.
JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL
Fireside Travels
Travel is like knowledge. The more you see the more you know you haven't seen.
MARK HERTSGAARD
Earth Odyssey
Those who visit foreign nations, but who associate only with their own countrymen, change their climate, but not their customs; they ... return home with travelled bodies, but untravelled minds.
CHARLES CALEB COLTON
Lacon
When one is traveling, everything looks brighter and lovelier. That does not mean it IS brighter and lovelier; it just means that sweet, kindly home suffers in comparison to tarted-up foreign places with all their jewels on.
CATHERYNNE M. VALENTE
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own Making
Foreign travel is like a pleasant temporary death, relieving you of responsibilities and familiar duties.
ROBINSON JEFFERS
Collected Poetry
Any youth who doesn't travel is like a blind person.
SEKOU CAMARA
"The Dan"
The future of luxury travel revolves around the fluidity of the digitally-connected consumer mindset, who is comfortable fluctuating between a wide spectrum of accommodations and experiences depending on the context.
GREG OATES
"Interview: Virtuoso Travel CEO on the Future of the New Luxury Traveler", Skift, May 16, 2017
Travel is an every day occurrence; it's your commute to work, the weekend trip, the weddings, and the work trip that turns into a personal trip.
INDRE ROCKEFELLER
"The New Luggage Upgrade for Stylish Travel: Paravel", Forbes, May 15, 2017
Does the road wind up-hill all the way?
Yes, to the very end.
Will the day's journey take the whole long day?
From morn to night, my friend.
CHRISTINA G. ROSSETTI
Up-Hill
A man who has travelled and seen the world, brings all countries to his fireside.
GEORGE REDFORD
attributed, Day's Collacon