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Every question may be considered the beginning, the prerequisite of the search for knowledge. Every answer may be considered the fruition of a question.
— Nicos Hadjicostis, Destination Earth- A New Philosophy of Travel by a World-Traveler
Many of us do not believe that it is truly possible to see the whole world in the same way as we travel and see, say, Italy or Spain. However, if we pretend for a moment that there are no borders separating one country from another, if we actually realize that these borders are nothing but imaginary lines drawn on maps and in historians’ heads, we may easily come to view our planet as one country, one destination – as the moon or Mars were when we first set out to explore them.
— Nicos Hadjicostis, Destination Earth- A New Philosophy of Travel by a World-Traveler
The merchant increases the speed of the city. The musician slows it down. The merchant intensifies the urban stress, the noise, the chaos. The musician makes you slow down, find your center. This holds true in all cities and countries.
— Nicos Hadjicostis, Destination Earth- A New Philosophy of Travel by a World-Traveler
The culmination of every supreme nationalism is a consummate universalism.
— Nicos Hadjicostis, Destination Earth- A New Philosophy of Travel by a World-Traveler
There is no real conflict between nationalism and globalism. On the contrary: It is to the extent that a nation becomes more global in its achievements that it becomes admirable.
— Nicos Hadjicostis, Destination Earth- A New Philosophy of Travel by a World-Traveler
By allowing the group of people whom we call “our loved ones” to continually expand, we realize that this group is actually limitless. It is only narrow-mindedness and a superficial convention that makes us divide people into friends and strangers. The world-traveler soon learns to see in every person he interacts with a potential friend .
— Nicos Hadjicostis, Destination Earth- A New Philosophy of Travel by a World-Traveler
Legs: the symbol of my solitude, my individual path, my uniqueness. Arms: the symbol of togetherness, my connection to others, my belonging to the human race. My legs make me who I am; they create my solitary path. My arms make me who I belong to; they connect me to the world.
— Nicos Hadjicostis, Destination Earth- A New Philosophy of Travel by a World-Traveler
Our common humanity is neither a rationalization nor a deduction. It is as much a given as our nationality.
— Nicos Hadjicostis, Destination Earth- A New Philosophy of Travel by a World-Traveler
The world-traveler must, on the one hand, be ready (and actually seek) to visit a tribe in the Solomon Islands or stay with Tibetan nomads; on the other hand, he has to be prepared, when it is required, to wear his suit to attend a classical music concert in a big metropolis. Just as an important part of exploring Brazil is to visit its shantytowns, it is an indispensable part of understanding the French culture to eat at a gourmet restaurant in Paris.
— Nicos Hadjicostis, Destination Earth- A New Philosophy of Travel by a World-Traveler
What a pity that the Earth, in spite of modern transport, still remains unknown to most. We are all extraterrestrials on Earth! Soon after we set out to explore the world, we realize that we have been living on an unknown planet all along. Paradoxically, the moment one becomes a world-traveler, he simultaneously becomes an extraterrestrial exploring an alien planet.
— Nicos Hadjicostis, Destination Earth- A New Philosophy of Travel by a World-Traveler
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