Thor Heyerdahl

“Borders? I have never seen one. But I have heard they exist in the minds of some people.”

“Progress is man's ability to complicate simplicity.”

“The ocean is a conveyor and not an isolator.”

“It is also a victory for the man who opened his eyes and realized that he is part of a whole.”

“Technology has eliminated the limits of distance, but it has not solved the problem of human relations.”

“We must wake up and realize that we are all in the same boat.”

“The Pacific Ocean, its islands, and the surrounding continents have been my home and my workshop for a lifetime.”

“I have never been a specialist. I am a generalist.”

“A single reed is easily broken, but a bundle of reeds is not.”

“What I have done is to show that it is possible for a man to do what he wants to do.”

“One can't move mountains by looking at them.”

“Some people believe in God, I believe in rocks.”

“To me, a raft is a beautiful thing. It's a floating island.”