“België moet de hoofdstad worden van het keizerrijk België, dat met de hulp van God zal bestaan uit Borneo, eilanden in de Stille Oceaan, enkele plaatsen in Afrika en Amerika en eveneens gebieden van China en Japan. Ik ben voorlopig de enige die dit nastreeft, maar door de nationale koorts over te belichten, zal ik steun vinden en apostelen creëren.” ChinaJapanCongoLeopold IiBelgiëNationalismeBorneoBelgisch Rijk Author:Leopold II
“Eerst samen met zijn vader, dan als koning, probeerde hij tot 51 keer toe kolonies te verwerven, van de Faroër-eilanden tot Borneo, Formosa (het huidige Taiwan) en in Latijns-Amerika waar zijn zus Charlotte keizerin van Mexico was voor ze werd verdreven. Hij was voor zijn tijd visionair, en wilde stoomboten laten varen tussen Antwerpen en Shanghai via het Suez-kanaal dat hij ter plaatse ging bewonderen. Hij voorspelde toen eigenlijk al de globalisering die we nu kennen.” Leopold IiBorneoAntwerpenGlobalismeFaroër EilandenFormosaShangaiSuez Kanaal Author:Johan Op de Beeck
“Do you ever consider the ground you trample on every day? She is lower than you, yet large beyond measure. You treat her like a servant, although it is by her blessing that your life prospers. Without her you will fall, without her there will be no trees and vines. Where will you find thread to cloth yourself? Or will you cover yourself with the skin of another man? Everything exists for a reason. A man is your brother, an infant is your child. Even the worth of your strength is the magnitude of someone's need.” MalaysiaBorneoHeadhunterBujang MaiasEast MalaysiaGolda MoweIbanIban DreamMenjatSarawak Book:Iban Dream Source: Iban Dream
“See this Tualang here. It is a symbol of ever growing strength. It reminds us that the bloodline of a man is not important. His roots may be shallow, but if he were like this tree then even his weakest origin will grow into buttresses and hold him up as he reaches for the heavens.” MalaysiaBorneoHeadhunterBujang MaiasEast MalaysiaGolda MoweIbanIban DreamMenjatSarawak Book:Iban Dream Source: Iban Dream
“Because this is the land of Sengalang Burong, and in the customs of this land the title of chief is never inherited, it is earned. No man can claim greatness from the labours of another.” BorneoHeadhunterBujang MaiasEast MalaysiaGolda MoweIbanIban DreamMenjatSarawakMalaysia Money Spells Book:Iban Dream Source: Iban Dream
“The Ruffed Pandanga of Borneo and Rotherham spreads out his feathers in his courtship dance and imitates Winston Churchill and Tommy Cooper on one leg. The padanga is dying out because the female padanga doesn't take it too seriously.” DyingHumorousFemaleLegsSpreadFeathersCourtshipBorneo Author:Mike Harding
“When we affect to condemn savages, we should remember that by doing so we asperse our own progenitors; for they were savages also.Who can swear that among the naked British barbarians sent to Rome to be stared at more than 1500 years ago, the ancestor of Bacon might not have been found?--Why, among the very Thugs of India, or the bloody Dyaks of Borneo, exists the germ of all that is intellectually elevated and grand. We are all of us--Anglo-Saxons, Dyaks and Indians--sprung from one head and made in one image.” ShouldYearsHas BeensMadeMightRememberFoundCivilizationYears AgoIndiaBritishToleranceNakedRomeAncestorSwearBloodySavagesBarbariansGermsBarbarismThugSprungAnglo SaxonBorneo Author:Herman Melville
“In the vast archipelago of the east, where Borneo and Java and Sumatra lie, and the Molucca Islands, and the Philippines, the sea is often fanned only by the land and sea breezes, and is like a smooth bed, on which these islands seem to sleep in bliss,--islands in which the spice and perfume gardens of the world are embowered, and where the bird of paradise has its home, and the golden pheasant, and a hundred others of brilliant plumage, whose flight is among thickets so luxuriant, and scenery so picturesque, that European strangers find there the fairy land of their youthful dreams.” WorldHomeDreamSeemsLyingSleepSeaLandBedBirdHundredGardenStrangerEastBrilliantGoldenFlightBlissIslandsParadiseFairySmoothPerfumeBreezeSpicesSceneryPhilippinesJavaPicturesqueThicketsLand And SeaSea BreezePheasantsBorneo Author:Frederick Marryat
“The rainforest is being cut down at alarming rates, and orangutans are losing their habitats and are being killed, as a result, faster than we can save them, but there is a solution. In Borneo, small parcels of rainforest land can be a lifeline for orangutans so long as they link together protected forests, enabling animals to move safely over greater distances.” LongTogetherMovingAnimalResultsGreaterCuttingLandLosingSolutionsDistanceRateForestsFasterLinksProtectedEnablingHabitatParcelRainforestLifelinesOrangutansBorneo Author:Katie Cleary
“If I'd learnt one thing from travelling, it was that the way to get things done was to go ahead and do them. Don't talk about going to Borneo. Book a ticket, get a visa, pack a bag, and it just happens.” IfsWayBookDoneHappensOne ThingBagsPacksTicketsThings DoneVisaBorneo Book:The Beach Source: The Beach
“...the program of scientific experimentation that leads you to conclude that animals are imbeciles is profoundly anthropocentric. It values being able to find your way out of a sterile maze, ignoring the fact that if the researcher who designed the maze were to be parachuted into the jungles of Borneo, he or she would be dead of starvation in a week...If I as a human being were told that the standards by which animals are being measured in these experiments are human standards, I would be insulted.” IfsWayHumansFactsWould BeAbleValuesHuman BeingsAnimalWeekIndustryStandardsProgramExperimentsJungleStarvationBeing MeResearchersExperimentationInsultedMazesImbecilesBorneo Book:Elizabeth Costello Source: Elizabeth Costello