It Is Always Our Own Self That

I Can See Now That A Concept Or Even A Feeling Makes No Sense Unless Out Of Our Substance We Spin Around It A Web Of References, Of Relationships, Of Values.

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.

The Sooner We Learn To Be Jointly Responsible, The Easier The Sailing Will Be.

One Travels So As To Learn Once More How To Marvel At Life In The Way A Child Does. And Blessed Be The Poet, The Artist Who Knows How To Keep Alive His Sense Of Wonder.

You Can Feel As Brave As Columbus Starting For The Unknown The First Time You Enter A Chinese Lane Full Of Boys Laughing At You, Or When You Risk Climbing Down In A Tibetan Pub For A Meal Of Rotten Meat.