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To travel is to be alive, but to get somewhere is to be dead, for as our own proverb says, To travel well is better than to arrive.
"To travel is to be alive, but to get somewhere is to be dead, for as our own proverb says, To travel well is better than to arrive."— Alan Watts
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Meaning of this quote
Travel stands for an ongoing way of living rather than a final state in which growth is complete.
Key takeaway:
Give attention to the experience as well as the destination.
Origin of the quote
The Way of Zen (1957)
Who actually said this?
Passage identified in book extracts; the closing travel proverb is itself quoted by Watts.
