"The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see."

~ G. K. Chesterton

"Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore."

~ Andre Gide

Salzburg. Bad Gastein. Austria

"Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle... when the sun comes up, you'd better be running."

"The Japanese tea ceremony, also called the Way of Tea, is a Japanese cultural activity involving the ceremonial preparation and presentation of matcha, powdered green tea. The manner in which it is performed, or the art of its performance, is called otemae. Zen Buddhism was a primary influence in the development of the tea ceremony."

~ Wikipedia

The Ryurei style tea ceremony by Maiko Katsuru. Photo by Onihide

"The few wonders of the world only exist while there are those with the sight to see them."

~ Charles de Lint

Pu'uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park, Hawaii

"I do not want a friend who smiles when I smile, who weeps when I weep; for my shadow in the pool can do better than that."

~ Confucius

"I've walked a lot in the mountains in Iceland. And as you come to a new valley, as you come to a new landscape, you have a certain view. If you stand still, the landscape doesn't necessarily tell you how big it is. It doesn't really tell you what you're looking at. The moment you start to move the mountain starts to move."

~ Olafur Eliasson

Photo by Yuriy Pustovoy

"Disneyland is a work of love. We didn't go into Disneyland just with the idea of making money."

~ Walt Disney

Paradise is not somewhere in the sky. It is here, on earth!

Open your heart to feel it.

Photo by Nicolas Matheus