The journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
A good traveler has no fixed plans, and is not intent on arriving.
We thought of life by analogy with a journey, with a pilgrimage, which had a serious purpose at the end. But we missed the point the whole way along. It was a musical thing.
When you listen to music, you don't listen to get to the end of the song. The point of the song is the dancing.
Every day is a journey, and the journey itself is home.
The greatest journey is the return to your own Heart.
The spiritual path is walked one mindful step at a time.
We are all inventors, each sailing out on a voyage of discovery, guided each by a private chart, of which there is no duplicate.
The true traveler has no fixed destination and does not hurry to arrive.
You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.
Even when you stumble from the path, the footprint leaves a lesson in humility.
A journey of a thousand miles begins beneath your very feet.
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I - I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference.
The road of life is paved with cobblestones of patience, each one laid with prayer.
Two travelers shorten the longest and roughest road.
Nobody has the power to take two steps together; you can only take one step at a time.
The journey to truth begins with a single step: honesty with oneself.
Pass through this life as an honest traveler, grateful for each inn along the way.
If the foot of the trees were not tied to the earth, of what journeys they would be capable!
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