“There is something about the unexpected that moves us. As if the whole of existence is paid for in some way, except for that one moment, which is free.” IfsWayWholeMomentsMovingExistencePaidUnexpected Book:Sacred Country Source: Sacred Country
“Not only does a journey transport us over enormous distances, it also causes us to move a few degrees up or down in the social scale. It displaces us physically and also for better or for worse takes us out of our class context, so that the colour and flavour of certain places cannot be dissociated from the always unexpected social level on which we find ourselves in experiencing them.” DoeMovingCertainSocialCausesLevelsClassJourneyDegreesDistanceScalesEnormousColourUnexpectedTransportFlavour Book:Tristes Tropiques Source: Tristes Tropiques
“I believe that a person should take an affirmative outlook. There are always problems in life, old and new, uncertainties, and unexpected contingencies. The optimal way to deal with this is not to give up in despair, but to move ahead using the best intelligence and resources that we have to overcome adversity.” WayGivingShouldBelievePersonsProblemMovingI BelieveDealsAtheismDespairGiving UpResourcesOvercomingAdversityPositive AtheismUncertaintyUnexpectedNot Giving UpOutlookOvercoming AdversityAffirmativeProblems In LifeMoving AheadContingencyOptimalOld And New Author:Paul Kurtz
“India is a place where one of the great pleasures for a foreigner is that you're constantly surprised. Everywhere you look is something that is either funny, or very moving, but there is always so much that is so unexpected. That's part of the reason why people who like it tend to love it.” PeopleLooksReasonMovingPleasureIndiaReason WhyUnexpectedForeignersVery Moving Author:Wes Anderson