The Elders Speak: On Walking

A walk is a vacation that doesn't cost a cent.
Aaron Sussman and Ruth Goode, The Magic of Walking

Of all exercises walking is the best.
Thomas Jefferson

All walking is discovery. On foot we take the time to see things whole.
Hal Borland

An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.
Henry David Thoreau

Meandering leads to perfection.
Lao Tzu

Walking gives us back our senses to renew our acquaintance with the Earth and our neighbours.
Keith C. Heidorn

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth.
Robert Frost, Two Roads

In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.
John Muir

Walking around
an early spring garden--
going nowhere.
Kyoshi

If you are seeking creative ideas, go out walking. Angels whisper to a man when he goes for a walk.
Raymond Inmon

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.
Wallace Stevens

Until you have walked, really walked, the pleasures of walking will remain a mystery. Until you feel the rhythm of your muscles, the touch of the wind on your face, until you have seen the changing scenery or smelled the blossoms of spring, until you have experienced the peace of mind that a good walk can give you, you will not know what you have been missing.
Keith C. Heidorn

My father considered a walk among the mountains as the equivalent of churchgoing.
Aldous Huxley

That's the best thing about walking, the journey itself. It doesn't matter much whether you get where you're going or not. You'll get there anyway. Every good hike brings you eventually back home. Right where you started.
Edward Abbey, The Journey Home