Quotes by Ella Maillart

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.

Humanity is made up of an infinity of different individuals. Each of us travels for motives exclusively his own.

I had to live in the desert before I could understand the full value of grass in a green ditch.

One of the main points about travelling is to develop in us a feeling of solidarity, of that oneness without which no better world is possible.

Travel can also be the spirit of adventure somewhat tamed, for those who desire to do something they are a bit afraid of.