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A Beginner's Guide to Japan
This is what Camus meant when he said that "what gives value to travel is fear" -- disruption, in other words, (or emancipation) from circumstance, and all the habits behind which we hide. And that is why many of us travel not in search of answers, but of better questions. I, like many people, tend to ask questions of the places I visit, and relish... See more
It’s only by taking myself away from clutter and distraction that I can begin to hear something out of earshot and recall that listening is much more invigorating than giving voice to all the thoughts and prejudices that anyway keep me company twenty-four hours a day. And it’s only by going nowhere—by sitting still or letting my mind relax—that I f
... See morePico Iyer • The Art of Stillness: Adventures in Going Nowhere (TED Books)
The Japanese know what we have forgotten: that work and challenge are the keys to a vigorous life.
Howard Bloom • The Lucifer Principle: A Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History
How Do You Live?: The uplifting Japanese classic that has enchanted millions
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