“On a hard jungle journey nothing is so important as having a team you can trust.”

“With an enthusiastic team you can achieve almost anything.”

“My journey to the land of the Shuar tribe had taught me the importance of practical gifts.”

“The ancient paused for a moment, as if his strength were failing. Yet I sensed that there was more to tell. Looking deep into my eyes, he whispered: 'The Gond kingdoms have fallen, their people live dispersed in poverty: the teak trees and the jungles have been cleared... but the importance of the Gonds must not be forgotten!”

“The situation was different in the jungle. Every inch of ground had to be earned, and was done so through much exertion with the blade.”

“Nothing was really so important to my father as the achievement of selflessness. He rarely mentioned it directly, but tried to guide us to it in a roundabout way.”

“The inertia of a jungle village is a dangerous thing. Before you know it your whole life has slipped by and you are still waiting there.”