“The past is our treasure. Its works, whether we know them or not, flourish in our lives with whatever strength they had. From it we draw provision for our journey, the collected wisdom whose harvests are all ours to reap and carry with us, though we may never live again in the fields that grew them.” KnowsMayPastHistoryOur LivesJourneyFieldsGrewDrawsTreasureHarvestProvisionReap Book:The Lycian Shore Source: The Lycian Shore
“We were not for underestimating magic - a life-conductor like the sap between the tree-stem and the bark. We know that it keeps dullness out of religion and poetry. It is probable that without it we might die.” KnowsMightDiesMagicTreeStemUnderestimateBarkConductorSapDullness Book:The Lycian Shore Source: The Lycian Shore
“It seems to me that the only thing for a pacifist to do is to find a substitute for war: mountains and seafaring are the only ones I know. But it must be something sufficiently serious not to be a game and sufficiently dangerous to exercise those virtues which otherwise get no chance.” KnowsWarSeemsGamesPeaceChanceVirtueDangerousSeriousExerciseMountainSubstitutesPacifist Book:The Journey's Echo: Selections Source: The Journey's Echo: Selections
“The Persian's mind, like his illuminated manuscripts, does not deal in perspective: two thousand years, if he happens to know anything about them, are as exciting as the day before yesterday.” IfsKnowsYearsMindDoeTwoHappensDealsPerspectiveThousandExcitingYesterdayThousand YearsManuscriptsPersian Book:The Journey's Echo: Selections Source: The Journey's Echo: Selections
“On the other hand, there is a certain advantage in traveling with someone who has a reputation for shooting rather than being shot: as Keram said, in a self-satisfied way, they might kill me, but they would know that, if I was with him, there would be unpleasantness afterwards.” IfsKnowsWaySaidSelfHandsMightWould BeCertainShotsAdvantageSatisfiedReputationShootingKill Me Book:The Journey's Echo: Selections Source: The Journey's Echo: Selections
“You will, if you're wise and know the art of travel, let yourself go on the stream of the unknown and accept whatever comes in the spirit in which the gods may offer it.” IfsKnowsMayArtSpiritAcceptingWiseGoes OnOffersTravelStreams Author:Freya Stark
