The atlas is such an inspiring tool. Being able to visualize the scope of our planet, its land, and culture in one setting is inspiring and sparks the imagination.

Every time I glance at an atlas I dream about all the wonderful places I have visited and have yet to see. I think about all the travels past and future humans will accomplish and the discoveries they will continue making.

If you love geography and travel and have enjoyed discovering new places, then an atlas is something you’ve used before. There’s something practical and pleasant about picking up a 3D Globe or a paper atlas versus looking at a destination on your mobile device.

If you are an explorer and lover of all things adventure… Or simply thinking about your next bucket list ideas, here are my favourite atlas quotes!

The Best Atlas Quotes

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Buy an atlas and keep it by the bed – remember you can go anywhere. Joanna Lumley
Few things are more enjoyable than lingering over the atlas and plotting a trip. J. Maarten Troost
I would read the atlas for pleasure. I knew it was weird. It was weird. ― Ken Jennings

What wouldn’t I give now for a never-changing map of the ever-constant ineffable? To possess, as it were, an atlas of clouds.― David Mitchell

A big leather-bound volume makes an ideal razorstrap. A thing book is useful to stick under a table with a broken caster to steady it. A large, flat atlas can be used to cover a window with a broken pane. And a thick, old-fashioned heavy book with a clasp is the finest thing in the world to throw at a noisy cat.― Mark Twain

“It is not Atlas who carries the world on his shoulders, but woman; and sometimes she plays with it as with a ball.”
― Henryk Sienkjewicz

You are not Atlas carrying the world on your shoulder. It is good to remember that the planet is carrying you.― Vandana Shiva

Atlas was permitted the opinion that he was at liberty, if he wished, to drop the Earth and creep away; but this opinion was all that he was permitted. ―Franz Kafka

Truth is singular. Its ‘versions’ are mistruths.― David Mitchell

There are two sides to every issue: one side is right and the other is wrong, but the middle is always evil. ―Ayn Rand

Drop the idea that you are Atlas carrying the world on your shoulders. The world would go on even without you. Don’t take yourself so seriously.― Norman Vincent Peale

Conclusion

An atlas is a tool that has brought us unlimited riches of knowledge.

It has enabled us to discover, map and plan excursions and discoveries. I hope you enjoyed these atlas quotes and that they inspire you to travel more and follow your dreams!

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