We're scared to immerse ourselves in solitude, but it's where we uncover so much. Silence is where we hear what our soul has to say, where we understand who we are.
I used to think discipline was restrictions... But somewhere along the way, I realized, it's actually the highest form of self-respect. It's me saying, I believe I'm worth the effort.
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime.”
— Mark Twain