Thor Heyerdahl Quotes & Sayings
19 most famous Thor Heyerdahl quotes and sayings. These are the first 10 quotes we have for him. He was a Norwegian explorer who passed away on 18 April, 2002.
“Circumstances cause us to act the way we do. We should always bear this in mind before judging the actions of others. I realized this from the start during World War II.”
“I was in uniform for four years, and I know that heroism doesn't occur from taking orders, but rather from people who through their own willpower and strength are willing to sacrifice their lives for an idea.”
“One learns more from listening than speaking. And both the wind and the people who continue to live close to nature still have much to tell us which we cannot hear within university walls.”
“Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.”
“In my experience, it is rarer to find a really happy person in a circle of millionaires than among vagabonds.”
“Those who have experienced the most, have suffered so much that they have ceased to hate. Hate is more for those with a slightly guilty conscience, and who by chewing on old hate in times of peace wish to demonstrate how great they were during the war.”
“In fighting nature, man can win every battle except the last. If he should win that too, he will perish, like an embryo cutting its own umbilical cord.”
“For every minute, the future is becoming the past.”
“A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other.”
“I also believe that when one dies, one may wake up to the reality that proves that time does not exist.”
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