I can’t believe there’s a prison anywhere out here,’ Blaine said, turning the engine off. ‘It’s the middle of nowhere.
These days no one challenges us,' he said. 'And because there is no challenge, there is no reason to work hard. And with no reason to work hard, we have all become lazy.
The pursuit of illusion is not about studying for prizes, or for study's sake. There's no right or wrong, no pass or fail.
As I saw it, a little threatening was a good thing. It kept the men on their toes.
Time spent in India has a extraordinary effect on one. It acts as a barrier that makes the rest of the world seem unreal.
That Morocco is not just another Arab country. It’s a crossroads – between Africa and Europe, and between Arabia and what lies west, beyond the Atlantic. But...’ Ghita said, her voice touched with an...
Much travel is needed before a raw man is ripened. Arab
I take reeds from the river that have been nurtured by fresh water and grown in good soil, and I turn them into baskets, a product that has so many uses. I know how to make baskets from something so s...
Never give charity if the reason is to make yourself feel better, he said. Real charity is not selfish, but selfless. After
In India an explanation is often more confusing than what prompted it.
A man who embarks on a journey must know when to end it.
The backstreet cafe in Casablanca was for me a place of mystery, a place with a soul, a place with danger. There was a sense that the safety nets had been cut away, that each citizen walked upon the h...
ORIENTAL CULTURE, OF which Morocco is certainly a part, has at its root a belief in selflessness. It’s a subject rarely spoken of in the West, and even less frequently understood. To be selfless, you...
In Morocco, before you even get to the matter of the sale, you have to coax the owner to sell.
I'm a fool, that I should simply trick the tourists like everyone else. after all, most of them will never come back. and what are tourists for but for tricking?
Two reeds drink from the same stream. One is hollow, the other is sugarcane. —MOROCCAN PROVERB
The idea of my heart dancing with delight was far too good to pass up.
Morocco, the lack of safety was an energizing force, but at the same time it was a constant concern. I had seen more accidents than I could count: car wrecks with people half dead lying on the ground,...
In the West we are driven by an extreme form of guilt -- if you are not seen to be working like a dog, you're perceived as being slothful.
Don’t waste your life following others! Be individual! Live your dreams!