"One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more." ― Thomas Jefferson Topic(s): Travel Tags: alone, travels, usefully More From Thomas Jefferson "When you reach the end of your rope, tie a knot in it and hang on." "Leave all the afternoon for exercise and recreation, which are as necessary as reading. I will rather say more necessary because health is worth more than learning." "Happiness is not being pained in body or troubled in mind." More In Travel "The government of Israel doesn’t like the kinds of things I say, which puts them into the same category as every other government in the world."― Noam Chomsky "Well, I took a sabbatical. I walked away from shooting movies because I couldn’t handle the travel. I’m a single parent. I had young kids, and I found that keeping in touch with them from hotel rooms and airports wasn’t working for me. So I stopped."― Rick Moranis "I am traveling less in order to be able to write more. I select my travel destinations according to their degree of usefulness to my work."― Jose Saramago