I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch. Ella Maillart More Quotes by Ella Maillart More Quotes From Ella Maillart I gained direct knowledge of the life of the poor in big towns: I have lived the narrowing mechanism of its conditioning and feared it. Ella Maillart townspoorliterature That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life. Ella Maillart escapismliteratureideas Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance. Ella Maillart conquer-the-worldhomelong Those who appreciate the ways of simple tribes, where every activity is direct and immediately understandable, are able to live among them. Ella Maillart appreciatesimpleliterature The usual channels of university studies or secretarial work did not appeal to me. I cherished difficult dreams through confidence in myself. Ella Maillart confidenceusualdream Not only does travel give us a new system of reckoning, it also brings to the fore unknown aspects of our own self. Our consciousness being broadened and enriched, we shall judge ourselves more correctly. Ella Maillart selfgivingtravel Others are keen to see if natives other than us live better than we do, without heat in pipes, ice in boxes, sunshine in bulbs, music on disks, or images gliding over a pale screen. Ella Maillart glidingsunshineice We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children. Ella Maillart parenthousechildren Happiness is the intoxication produced by the moment of poise between a satisfactory past and an immediate future, rich with promise. Ella Maillart happinesspastpromise The true traveller is the one urged to move about for physical, aesthetic, intellectual as well as spiritual reasons. Ella Maillart intellectualspiritualmoving From the beginning, I wanted to live my own life, and patiently I shored up that desire against wind and tide. Ella Maillart tidesdesirewind I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition. Ella Maillart depressingweaknessambition When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes. Ella Maillart languageliteratureheart The state of minds vary according to the angle under which one examines them. Ella Maillart statesliteraturemind I refuse to imprison our acts in the rigid mould of sentences. Ella Maillart mouldsentencesrefuse Words are impotent to describe certain emotions. Ella Maillart certainemotionwriting Shall we ever see the 10 million things of the universe simultaneously in order to be the all? I am convinced that to live is to travel towards the world's end. Ella Maillart orderworldtravel Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own. Ella Maillart differentliteraturehumanity I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad. Ella Maillart languageliteraturetravel Certain travellers give the impression that they keep moving because only then do they feel fully alive. Ella Maillart feelkeep-movingtravelmoving
