Quotations & phrases that inspired the creation of Salawi.

'The world is a book and those who do not travel, read only one page' ~ Saint Augustine.

'When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace' ~ Jimi Hendrix.

'We all smile in the same language'~ Author Unknown.

'Throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.... Dream....Discover'   ~ Mark Twain.

'Seek the wisdom of the ages, but look at the world through the eyes of a child' ~ Ron Wild.

'Where there is love there is life'~ Mahatma Gandhi.

'Joy is not in things, it is in us' ~ Richard Wagner.

'The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances, if there is any reaction, both are transformed'~ Carl Gustav Jung.

'Think and speak positively. Cultivate a wide variety of interests. Enjoy your own company. Accept people as they are. Enjoy Life' ~ Author Unknown.

'We live in the world when we love. Only a life lived for others is worth living'~ Albert Einstein.

'Think globally, act locally'~ Author Unknown.

'Africa gets under your skin. Whether your experience is pleasant or not, you are left with a tingling desire to return. Perhaps it's an ancestral echo, calling us to the evolutionary cradle of human kind. But perhaps the appeal is simpler and more visceral. The raw nature of the continent. Life overflows: Generosity beside violence; wealth overlaid on poverty; hearty warmth and volatile passion, unfettered by any agreed code of etiquette'.....'The world is a global village, so we cannot do things in isolation'. The Intelligent Investor, Nigeria - The heart of Africa. National Geographic.

'Carefully observe the natural laws in operation in the world around you, and live by them. From following them, you will learn the morality of modesty, moderation, compassion and consideration (not just society's rules and regulations), the wisdom of seeing things as they are and the happiness of being in harmony with the way (which has nothing to do with self-righteous spiritual obsessions and fanaticism) and you will live lightly, spontaneously and effortlessly'.

~ The Tao of Pooh and the Te of Piglet, by Benjamin Hoff.

'Africans know how to play. They taught me that life is a game, so why not play it?' ~ Silent Footsteps, by Sally Henderson.

'Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you' ~ Maori proverb.

'There is nothing like a dream to create future' ~ Victor Hugo.

'Some people come into our lives and quickly go.

Some people move our souls to dance.

Some people make the sky more beautiful to gaze upon.

They stay in our lives for a while, leave footprints on our hearts

and we are never ever the same again'. - Author Unknown.

We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us'. - Joseph Campbell.

'Life is not measured by the numbers of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away'. - Author Unknown.

'Tourists don't know where they've been, travellers don't know where they're going'. - Paul Theroux.

'A journey of a thousand miles, begins with a single step'. - Confucius.

'All journeys have secret destinations of which the traveler is unaware'. - Martin Buber.

'Own only what you can carry with you; Let your memory be your travel bag'. - Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

'One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things'. - Henry Miller

'Keep your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things are possible for those who believe'. - Gail Devers

'Really great people make you feel that you, too, can become great'. - Mark Twain

'The only thing that will stop you from fulfilling your dreams is you'. - Tom Bradley

'Who bravely dares must sometimes risk a fall'. - Tom Bradley

'Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the questions themselves. Do not now seek the answers, which cannot be given you because you would not be able to live them. And the point is to live everything. Live the questions'.

- Rainer Maria Rilke.

'I may not be better than other people, but at least I'm different'. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau

'Why compare yourself with others? No one in the entire world can do a better job of being you than you'. - Author Unknown

Fear less, hope more;

Whine less, breathe more;

Talk less, say more;

Hate less, love more;

And all good things are yours.

- Author Unknown.

'I do not want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well'. - Diana Ackerman

'You only live once, but if you work it right once is enough'. - Author Unknown

'What you´ve done becomes the judge of what you´re going to do, especially in other people´s minds. When you´re travelling, you are what you are there and then. People don´t have your past to hold against you. No yesterdays on the road'. - William Least

'Seek out what will inspire you. A life without inspiration is a half-life only'. - Stephanie Dowrick.

'Treasure the power you have to influence other people positively. It's the greatest power you will ever have'. -  Stephanie Dowrick.