Lin Yutang Quotes

A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.

I see my path, but I don't know where it leads. Not knowing where I'm going is what inspires me to travel it.

It's important for the explorer to be willing to be led astray.

When you don't know where you're headed, you find places no one else would ever explore.

I never know where I am going, though. That is part of what makes it so wonderful. And after all, who does?

I do like not knowing where I'm going, wandering in strange woods, whistling and following bread crumbs.

My direction? Anywhere. Because one is always nearer by not keeping still.

Tourists don't know where they've been, travelers don't know where they're going.

When we are on tour we also take chances.

You travel with the hope that something unexpected will happen. It has to do with enjoying being lost and figuring it out and the satisfaction. I always get a little disappointed when I know too well where I'm going, or when I've lived in a place so long that there's no chance I could possibly get lost.

Hitchhiking was such a pure form of existence. You'd wake up in the morning, and you'd have no idea what your day was going to be. And that's something I've never been able to shake. I loved that.

I'm an explorer.

I love the unknown. I love the discovery of what will be happening and just kind of sitting back and not knowing.

I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring.

It is good to love the unknown.

I am more of a surprise kind of guy. I love to find out as I go.

I like going everywhere. And I love starting new things.

Anything goes. You always find interesting things that way.

Every place but that in which one is born is equally strange and wondrous. Once beyond the bounds of the city walls, and none knows what may happen. We have stepped forth into the Land of Faerie, but at least we are in the open air.

You can only maintain your interest if you're travelling more in ignorance than knowledge.

If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.

Who's coming with me? I don't know where I'm going, but who's coming with me?

My new toy is not knowing, because it's very creative. I'm the guy who likes to get in the car and get lost.

I don't know exactly where my life will lead. Adventure and the unknown has always been appealing to me.

I work everywhere. If there is a nice adventure in South Korea, for example, why not? Russia, Brazil, whatever. I'm ready for almost anything.