Pause For Thought

[MajestyJo]

“All journeys have secret destinations
of which the traveler is unaware.”
Martin Buber

“All the pathos and irony
of leaving one’s youth behind
is thus implicit in every joyous moment of travel:
one knows that the first joy
can never be recovered,
and the wise traveler
learns not to repeat successes
but tries new places all the time.”
Paul Fussell

“Certainly, travel is more than
the seeing of sights;
it is a change that goes on,
deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.”
Miriam Beard

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“Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.”
Franz Kafka

“A man should hear a little music,
read a little poetry,
and see a fine picture every day of his life,
in order that worldly cares
may not obliterate the sense of the beautiful
which God has implanted in the human soul.”
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

"The wonder of the beautiful
is its ability to surprise us.
With swift sheer grace,
it is like a divine breath that blows the heart open.”

John O'Donohue