We must develop a deeper interest and greater understanding of the people we meet here or abroad. Like us, they are passengers on board that mysterious ship called life. Ella Maillart abroadboardcall Change image and share on social
I wanted to learn a few foreign languages, and therefore I had to go abroad. Ella Maillart abroadforeignlanguage Change image and share on social
When the heart speaks, its language is the same under all latitudes. Ella Maillart heartlanguagelatitude Change image and share on social
We want to feel that this earth is all ours, like our parents' house when we were children. Ella Maillart childearthfeel Change image and share on social
It is always our own self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that self, the better. Ella Maillart endfacefind Change image and share on social
That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life. Ella Maillart escapismidealife Change image and share on social
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 boxbulbdisk Change image and share on social
I did not want to be depressed by the gap existing between my weakness and my ambition. Ella Maillart ambitiondepressexist Change image and share on social
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. Ella Maillart boybravechinese share on social
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. Ella Maillart aliveartistbless Change image and share on social