ChersRay Studio

“You don't need to leave your room...

Remain sitting at your table and listen.

Do not even listen, simply wait.

Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary.

The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked.

It has no choice.

It will roll in ecstasy at your feet.”

FRANZ KAFKA

“When you come to fork in the road, take it.”

YOGI [Lawrence Peter] BERRA

“I shall be telling this with a sigh

Somewhere ages and ages hence:

Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—

I took the one less traveled by,

And that has made all the difference.”

ROBERT FROST

“One may know the world without going out of doors.

One may see the Way of Heaven without looking

Through the windows.

The further one goes, the less one knows.

Therefore the sage knows without going about,

Understands without seeing,

And accomplishes without any action.”

LAO-TZU

“The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality,

and instead of thinking how things may be,

to see them as they are. ”

SAMUEL JOHNSON

“Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education;

in the elder, a part of experience.”

FRANCIS BACON

“A man who leaves home to mend himself

and others is a philosopher;

but he who goes from country to country,

guided by the blind impulse of curiosity,

is a vagabond.”

OLIVER GOLDSMITH

“The months and days are the travelers of eternity.

The years that come and go are also voyagers.

. . . I too for years past have been stirred

by the sight of a solitary cloud drifting

with the wind to ceaseless thoughts of roaming.”

MATSOU BASHO (The Narrow Road of Oku)

“ . . . .Voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.”

WILLIAM WORDSWORTH

“How many loved your moments of glad grace,

And loved your beauty with love false or true,

But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you,

And loved the sorrows of your changing face.”

WILLIAM BURLER YEATS

“The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.”

WILLIAM BLAKE

“A man travels the world over in search

on what he needs

and returns home

to find it.”

GEORGE MOORE

“Though we travel the world over

to find the beautiful,

we must carry it with us

or we find it not.”

RALPH WALDO EMERSON

“As the Spanish proverb says, “He, who

would bring home the wealth of the Indies,

must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.”

So it is in traveling,

a man must carry knowledge with him if

he would bring home knowledge.”

SAMUEL JOHNSON

“Travel, change everything except your loves.”

VOLTAIRE (Francous Marie Arouet)

“People in hotels strike no roots. The French phrase for

chronic hotel guests even says so:

they are called dwellers sur la branche.”

EDWARD VERRALL LUCAS

“They change their skies above them,

But not their hearts that roam.”

RUDYARD KIPLING

“In America there are two classes of travel—first-class,

and with children.”

ROBERT CHARLES BENCHLEY

“I never travel without my diary. One should always

have something sensational

to read in the train.”

OSCAR WILDE

“East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to

Californians. Californians are a race of people;

they are not

merely inhabitants of a State.”

O. HENRY

“I find the great thing in this world is not so much where

we stand, as in what direction we are moving:

To reach the port of heaven,

we must sail sometimes

with the wind

and sometimes against it—but we must sail,

and not drift, nor lie at anchor.”

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES

“The King in a carriage may ride,

And the Beggar may crawl at his side;

But in the general race,

They are traveling all the same pace.”

EDWARD FITZGERALD

“There is great
  happiness
  in not wanting,
  in not being
  something,
  in not going
    somewhere.”

J. KRISHMAMURTI

“ Little drops of water, Little grains of sand,
Make the mighty ocean
And the pleasant land.”

(A Traveler's Song) JULIA A. FLATHHER CARNEY

“To avoid extra luggage, ask your travel

companion to pack your things.”

MY BROTHER.

“Down to Gehenna or up to the Throne,

He travels the fastest who travels alone.”

RUDYARD KIPLING

“The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot.”

“It is a great art to saunter.”

HENRY DAVID THOREAU

“Infinite riches in a little room.”

CRISTOPHER MARLOWE

“I travel light; as light,

That is, as a man can travel who will

Still carry his body around because

Of its sentimental value.”

CHRISTOPHER FRY

“The longest journey

Is the journey inwards

Of him who has chosen his destiny.”

DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

“For a moment of night we have a glimpse of
  ourselves and of our world islanded on its
  stream of stars—pilgrims of mortality,
  voyaging between horizons across the
  eternal seas of space and time.”

HENRY BESTON

“Time goes, you say? Ah, no!

Alas.Time stays, we go.”

HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON

“Journey over all the universe in a map, without the
  expense and fatigue of travelling,
  without suffering the inconveniences of
  heat, cold, hunger, and thirst.”

MIGUEL DE CERVANTES

“And, capable, created in his mind,

Eventual victor,

The ultimate elegance: the imagined land.”

WALLACE STEVENS

“Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see.”

SAMUEL JOHNSON

“A traveler has a right to relate and embellish his
  adventures as he pleases,
  and it is very impolite
  to refuse that difference
  and applause they deserve.”

RUDOLF ERICH RASPE

“Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen
  and thinking
  what nobody has thought
  on a beaten path in between London and Paris.”

ALBERT SZENT-GYORGYI von NAGYRAPOLT

“ ’Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam,

Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.”

JOHN HOWARD PAYNE

“All men's
  miseries derive from not being able
  to sit quiet
  in a room alone.”

BLAISE PASCAL


	I am questioning Kafka's statement for now. ...and I'm travelling. FRANCESCA CHER “You don't need to leave your room... Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait. Do not even wait, be quite still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked. It has no choice. It will roll in ecstasy at your feet.” FRANZ KAFKA TRAVEL LINKS PORTFOLIO RESUME CONTACT C F C F C F C F C CHERSRAY STUDIO To remember what is important in life and how "to be" there. Enjoy my favorite travel links. Wealth I ask not, Hope nor love, Nor a friend to know me; All I ask, The heaven above And the road below me. Next Quotation “When you come to fork in the road, take it.” YOGI [Lawrence Peter] BERRA “I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.” ROBERT FROST “One may know the world without going out of doors. One may see the Way of Heaven without looking Through the windows. The further one goes, the less one knows. Therefore the sage knows without going about, Understands without seeing, And accomplishes without any action.” LAO-TZU “The use of traveling is to regulate imagination by reality, and instead of thinking how things may be, to see them as they are. ” SAMUEL JOHNSON “Travel, in the younger sort, is a part of education; in the elder, a part of experience.” FRANCIS BACON “A man who leaves home to mend himself and others is a philosopher; but he who goes from country to country, guided by the blind impulse of curiosity, is a vagabond.” OLIVER GOLDSMITH “The months and days are the travelers of eternity. The years that come and go are also voyagers. . . . I too for years past have been stirred by the sight of a solitary cloud drifting with the wind to ceaseless thoughts of roaming.” MATSOU BASHO (The Narrow Road of Oku) “ . . . .Voyaging through strange seas of thought, alone.” WILLIAM WORDSWORTH “How many loved your moments of glad grace, And loved your beauty with love false or true, But one man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.” WILLIAM BURLER YEATS “The road of excess leads to the palace of wisdom.” WILLIAM BLAKE “A man travels the world over in search on what he needs and returns home to find it.” GEORGE MOORE “Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not.” RALPH WALDO EMERSON “As the Spanish proverb says, “He, who would bring home the wealth of the Indies, must carry the wealth of the Indies with him.” So it is in traveling, a man must carry knowledge with him if he would bring home knowledge.” SAMUEL JOHNSON “Travel, change everything except your loves.” VOLTAIRE (Francous Marie Arouet) “People in hotels strike no roots. The French phrase for chronic hotel guests even says so: they are called dwellers sur la branche.” EDWARD VERRALL LUCAS “They change their skies above them, But not their hearts that roam.” RUDYARD KIPLING “In America there are two classes of travel—first-class, and with children.” ROBERT CHARLES BENCHLEY “I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.” OSCAR WILDE “East is East, and West is San Francisco, according to Californians. Californians are a race of people; they are not merely inhabitants of a State.” O. HENRY “I find the great thing in this world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving: To reach the port of heaven, we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it—but we must sail, and not drift, nor lie at anchor.” OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES “The King in a carriage may ride, And the Beggar may crawl at his side; But in the general race, They are traveling all the same pace.” EDWARD FITZGERALD “There is great happiness in not wanting, in not being something, in not going somewhere.” J. KRISHMAMURTI “ Little drops of water, Little grains of sand, Make the mighty ocean And the pleasant land.” (A Traveler's Song) JULIA A. FLATHHER CARNEY “To avoid extra luggage, ask your travel companion to pack your things.” MY BROTHER. “Down to Gehenna or up to the Throne, He travels the fastest who travels alone.” RUDYARD KIPLING “The swiftest traveler is he that goes afoot.” “It is a great art to saunter.” HENRY DAVID THOREAU “Infinite riches in a little room.” CRISTOPHER MARLOWE “I travel light; as light, That is, as a man can travel who will Still carry his body around because Of its sentimental value.” CHRISTOPHER FRY “The longest journey Is the journey inwards Of him who has chosen his destiny.” DAG HAMMARSKJOLD “For a moment of night we have a glimpse of ourselves and of our world islanded on its stream of stars—pilgrims of mortality, voyaging between horizons across the eternal seas of space and time.” HENRY BESTON “Time goes, you say? Ah, no! Alas.Time stays, we go.” HENRY AUSTIN DOBSON “Journey over all the universe in a map, without the expense and fatigue of travelling, without suffering the inconveniences of heat, cold, hunger, and thirst.” MIGUEL DE CERVANTES “And, capable, created in his mind, Eventual victor, The ultimate elegance: the imagined land.” WALLACE STEVENS “Worth seeing? yes; but not worth going to see.” SAMUEL JOHNSON “A traveler has a right to relate and embellish his adventures as he pleases, and it is very impolite to refuse that difference and applause they deserve.” RUDOLF ERICH RASPE “Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought on a beaten path in between London and Paris.” ALBERT SZENT-GYORGYI von NAGYRAPOLT “ ’Mid pleasures and palaces though we may roam, Be it ever so humble, there's no place like home.” JOHN HOWARD PAYNE “All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit quiet in a room alone.” BLAISE PASCAL