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“Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.”
― Levison Wood, Arabia: A Journey Through The Heart of the Middle East

“When you sleep in a house your thoughts are as high as the ceiling, when you sleep outside they are as high as the stars.”
― Levison Wood, Arabia: A Journey Through The Heart of the Middle East

“The simplicity, the lack of choice, of having to make do, that’s what happiness is all about. Look”
― Levison Wood, Walking the Himalayas

“Who lives sees, but who travels, sees more.”
― Levison Wood, Arabia: A Journey Through The Heart of the Middle East

“Happiness is not a right; it’s an obligation, because without happiness you have nothing to give back to humanity.’ The sermon came to an end and as the Dalai Lama stood, the assembly rose, keeping their heads bowed as the master left.”
― Levison Wood, Walking The Himalayas

“A lot of the people who joined ISIS were the same mercenaries who were in al-Qaeda fighting with bin Laden. And guess where they came from? Most of them were soldiers in the Iraqi army, who had to throw away their uniforms when they lost to the Americans and our military was abolished; what do you expect to happen when you destroy a country and you don’t let them have an army?’ He went on, ‘If you try and dismantle the military, then all you’re left with are a lot of hot-blooded young men with nothing to do. Of course they’re going to fight. Most of the time they don’t even know who or what they’re fighting for, but sooner or later they’ll get their hands on a gun and join a cause. Call them gangsters, mafia, criminals, tribes, ISIS or whatever, they’re all the same. They’re just gangs of young men looking for a fight.”
― Levison Wood, Arabia: A Journey Through The Heart of the Middle East

“I could see why the people from Afghanistan all the way through Pakistan, India and Nepal held such stoic views. It was their lot to live here, so they might as well accept it with dignity and appreciation. It wasn’t all bad. They had plenty of water, food, shelter and grazing, and when it comes down to it, what more do you need?”
― Levison Wood, Walking the Himalayas

“I realised something when I was up there. This mountain didn’t really mean anything. It wasn’t the goal I should have been celebrating. This was just the end – it was the journey that mattered, not the destination. It was what I’d seen and done along the way. It was about all the people I’d shared tea with and who’d looked after me when I needed it the most.”
― Levison Wood, Walking the Himalayas

“It was a scary prospect indeed, not least for the many millions of Muslims around the world who had no desire whatsoever to be ruled by a mad mullah in Syria. Rarely a day went by without the news of the civil war in that country, the daily murders and executions, or of atrocities committed by these Wahhabi psychopaths. Having already travelled widely in the Islamic world, I was more intrigued than ever to find out more about what made presumably normal young men and women leave their homes to go and fight for a barbaric organisation, hell bent on the destruction of the Western world.”
― Levison Wood, Arabia: A Journey Through The Heart of the Middle East

“It’s hard to explain the feeling of delight having climbed a mountain. It is more than victory or achievement, it goes beyond the ego and personal triumph. The real conquest lies in the sheer joy at having seen that view, one that few have witnessed; not because of pride or boastfulness but because, for a brief moment in time, you feel connected to the earth and ask that in it.”
― Levison Wood, Walking the Americas

“a mountain – like a seductress – though irresistible, had to be treated with caution; it was wise to know when to walk away, even if deep down, you knew one day you’ll return.”
― Levison Wood, Walking the Himalayas

“When I got home, I’d make sure never to take anything for granted. I’d tell those around me how much they meant to me, I’d forgive those who’d hurt me and I’d never lose my temper again. I realised there and then that nothing else matters but kindness, compassion, forgiveness and love.”
― Levison Wood, Arabia: A Journey Through The Heart of the Middle East

“standing on its northern fringes, embedded with the Kurdish Peshmerga, looking on as ISIS caused havoc and destruction across the country. I’d gone to see for myself the devastation they had wrought, and the scenes were beyond anything I could have ever imagined. The stories of mass executions, rape and torture were heartbreaking and incomprehensible. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing and hearing: entire towns destroyed, bombs everywhere, relics smashed and museums looted; women and children sold into slavery; an entire civilisation imploding.”
― Levison Wood, Arabia: A Journey Through The Heart of the Middle East

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― Levison Wood

“Road signs warned motorists of the dangers of the Himalayas in a language that would have bordered on hilarious, were it not for the content. They read like a dark comedy with bad English. ‘Follow traffic rules, avoid blood pools.’ ‘If married, divorce speed.’ ‘After whisky, driving risky.’ ‘This is a highway not a runway’. And my personal favourite: ‘Better mister late than late mister.”
― Levison Wood, Walking The Himalayas

“That’s the point of terrorism; it’s not only the tragedy of those killed and injured, it’s the deep-rooted anxiety that is born of fear, and how it causes fractures in society. It reinforces divisions and creates an atmosphere of distrust. That was the intention of ISIS all along: to generate isolationism among the Muslim communities of the West. To stop them being accepted by the rest of society and to create a sense of us and them. In doing so, Muslims everywhere would be forced to choose between integration into their host communities, or going over to the side of extremism”
― Levison Wood, Arabia: A Journey Through The Heart of the Middle East