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. – Thor Heyerdahl
A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesnt even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other. – Thor Heyerdahl
It is also rarer to find happiness in a man surrounded by the miracles of technology than among people living in the desert of the jungle and who by the standards set by our society would be considered destitute and out of touch. – Thor Heyerdahl
Civilization grew in the beginning from the minute that we had communication – particularly communication by sea that enabled people to get inspiration and ideas from each other and to exchange basic raw materials. – Thor Heyerdahl