Quotes on Sauntering

Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

The soil is the great connector of our lives, the source and destination of all.

Every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness; I have walked myself into my best thoughts.

Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.

In my walks, I would fain return to my senses. What business have I in the woods if I am thinking of something out of the woods?

When man ventures into the wilderness, climbs the ridges, and sleeps in the forest, he comes in close communion with his Creator. When man pits himself against the mountain, he taps inner springs of his strength. He comes to know himself.

The influence of fine scenery, the presence of mountains, appeases our irritations and elevates our friendships.

You have to go through the falling down in order to learn to walk. It helps to know that you can survive it. That's an education in itself.

Simplicity in all things is the secret of the wilderness and one of its most valuable lessons. It is what we leave behind that is important. I think the matter of simplicity goes further than just food, equipment, and unnecessary gadgets; it goes into the matter of thoughts and objectives as well. When in the wilds, we must not carry our problems with us or the joy is lost.

It is a short walk from the hallelujah to the hoot.

Do you know what a pearl is and what an opal is? My soul when you came sauntering to me first through those sweet summer evenings was beautiful but with the pale passionless beauty of a pearl. Your love has passed through me and now I feel my mind something like an opal, that is, full of strange uncertain hues and colours, of warm lights and quick shadows and of broken music.

I would walk along the quais when I had finished work or when I was trying to think something out. It was easier to think if I was walking and doing something or seeing people doing something that they understood.