#to

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 #every #every time #felt #going

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

#conditioning #direct #feared #gained #i

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

#convinced #end #ever #i #i am

The timelessness of a concept has to be woven into the running warp of dying time, vertical power has to be wedded to the horizontal earth. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#dying #earth #horizontal #into #power

There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men. ↗

— Ella Maillart

#only #species #towards #valid #voyage

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar who will deceive with his tongue will not hesitate to do the same with his pen. ↗

— Maimonides

#books #consider #deceive #hesitate #his

He, however, who begins with Metaphysics, will not only become confused in matters of religion, but will fall into complete infidelity. ↗

— Maimonides

#begins #complete #confused #fall #however

Teach thy tongue to say 'I do not know,' and thou shalt progress. ↗

— Maimonides

#i do #know #progress #say #shalt

The same is the case with those opinions of man to which he has been accustomed from his youth; he likes them, defends them, and shuns the opposite views. ↗

— Maimonides

#been #case #defends #his #likes

The Roman Code was merely an enunciation in words of the existing customs of the Roman people. ↗

— Henry James Sumner Maine

#customs #existing #merely #people #roman