Ibn Battuta Quotes (10+)

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Jan 01, 1304 - Jan 01, 1369

Faith is the compass that guides the wanderer home.

I have seen the pride of kings and the poverty of the holy; both are but dust.

No man should live where he does not learn.

Every step in a new land is a lesson in humility.

The world is a playground of wonders for those who dare to cross the horizon.

I set out alone, swayed by an overmastering impulse within me.

Traveling gives you home in a thousand strange places, then leaves you a stranger.

Traveling offers you a hundred roads to adventure, and gives your heart wings!

I have attained my desire in this world, which was to travel through the earth.

Traveling—it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.

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Ibn Battuta (1304–1369) was the greatest traveler of the pre-modern world, who journeyed over 73,000 miles across the Islamic world and beyond.