Orison Swett Marden Quotes

There's no destination. The journey is all that there is, and it can be very, very joyful.

Learn not only to find what you like, learn to like what you find.

It's about the journey and the process. I do things because I love doing them, or trying them.

Life drew me and I followed it.

An understanding of the natural world and what's in it is a source of not only a great curiosity but great fulfillment.

You might get nothing out of it at all except a beautiful, long life where all you did was follow your gorgeous curiosity. And that should be enough too.

Some journeys are direct, and some are circuitous; some are heroic, and some are fearful and muddled. But every journey, honestly undertaken, stands a chance of taking us toward the place where our deep gladness meets the world’s deep need

A true journey, no matter how long the travel takes, has no end.

People will always try to find themselves and their place in the world.

James Remar is a student of life.

Curiosity is one of the great secrets of happiness.

Satisfaction of one's curiosity is one of the greatest sources of happiness in life.

Why is every great children's story about a journey? Maybe that's because we are always on one.

I am happy to continue with my journey through time.

One of the indictments of civilizations is that happiness and intelligence are so rarely found in the same person.

Some men like to make a little garden out of life and walk down a path.

Happiness comes from the full understanding of your own being.

It may be that the satisfaction I need depends on my going away, so that when I've gone and come back, I'll find it at home.

Success is like reaching an important birthday and finding you're exactly the same.

I'm not sure if I'm most happy when I'm comfortable and content or when I'm pushing myself to the limits. There are such different versions of happy, and I really appreciate both.

I was a little truth seeker as a child. I wanted more than anything to understand myself and also other people.

One of my favourite kinds of movie is the American picaresque, in which the characters make their way across the country, learning about life against the gorgeous backdrops of that vast land.

We must get beyond textbooks, go out into the bypaths... and tell the world the glories of our journey.

My motivation is to get a deeper understanding and exploration of something that I want to know about the human condition. So, that's what I look for in the material I read: if it's asking a genuine question about a concept of the world that interests me. And also, it helps if it's a context that I find interesting.

Once we believe in ourselves, we can risk curiosity, wonder, spontaneous delight, or any experience that reveals the human spirit.