"Thoughtful Traveling" ~ January 3, 2016
Channel: Stan McGahey
Date: 2016-01-03

URL: https://youtu.be/tLeA9xDpxDM

Hello Thoughtful Travelers! Welcome to today’s thought for January 3, 2016.

 It is by Democritus, the Greek philosopher who lived from 460-370 BC. Democritus used a sizeable inheritance from his wealthy father to travel through ancient empires in Egypt, Ethiopia, Persia, and India.  But, he is best known for discovering atoms, twenty-four hundred years ago!  That’s amazing!

“The wise man's home is the universe.”

So what are your thoughts on today’s quote? Here’s mine:

“I look at it in two ways.  Wise men and women do not limit their geographical movement.  They embrace the entire world, within their capabilities.  They learn as much about it as possible, and visit as many places, personally, or vicariously, as possible.   In addition, one of the reasons they have become wise is by doing these things.  The knowledge and experience they gain from their travels makes them a wise person and presents them with infinite possibilities.

Now…here’s the list of all the sources quoted in January.  I hope you’ll stop by each day to enjoy all the interesting and insightful things they have to say.  And leave a comment.  I’d like to hear your thoughts too.  Thanks, and see you tomorrow!

January 1-31, 2016 (entries listed by date and source):

01 Seneca the Younger
02 Chinese Proverb
03 Democritus
04 Agnes Repplier
05 Paul Theroux
06 Ralph Waldo Emerson
07 Mark Twain
08 Zhuang Zhou
09 Albert Einstein
10 William Shakespeare
11 Ban Ki-moon
12 Turkish Proverb
13 Gertrude Stein
14 (Advertisement)
15 Carl Sandburg
16 Stan McGahey
17 Buddha
18 Michael Palin
19 Shunryu Suzuki
20 Ernest Hemingway
21 Kabir
22 Freya Stark
23 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
24 Nils Kjaer
25 Ed Buryn
26 (Unknown)
27 Henry David Thoreau
28 Jan Myrdal
29 Louis L’Amour
30 William Hazlitt
31 Roy Goodman

Presented by Dr. Stan McGahey.  Want to learn how the tourism industry works? View my free series of short, narrated PPTs on a variety of important topics, entitled “Demystifying Tourism” on YouTube.