Ella Maillart
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Ella Maillart
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It is always our own Self that we find at the end of the journey. The sooner we face that Self, the better.
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"... Life is linked to the eternal laws of nature and the heart. In Central Asia and in the ashram in India, I think I found some of the wisdom I was seeking."

Ella Maillart introduction to The Alluring Target, Kenneth Wimmel.
November 9, 2025 at 6:42 AM
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"I lived for several years in an ashram in southern India. I discovered there that the stability of a traditional society, built upon a metaphysical concept of the universe, provides for the spiritual, mental, and physical needs of man, and each is given the degree of importance it merits. ..."
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 AM
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"Four times I started for Central Asia, but at the end of each journey I found that my own discontentment, which had caused me to start the journey in the first place, coloured everything I saw. Perhaps understanding that is the beginning of wisdom. ..."
November 9, 2025 at 6:40 AM