The Solitary Walker: Constant Change

QUOTATIONS

Only that day dawns to which we are awake. HENRY DAVID THOREAU

We are here on the planet only once, and might as well get a feel for the place. ANNIE DILLARD

My heart's in the Highlands gentle and fair / Honeysuckle blooming in the wildwood air / Bluebells blazing where the Aberdeen waters flow / Well, my heart's in the Highlands / I'm gonna go there when I feel good enough to go. BOB DYLAN

I can only meditate when I am walking. When I stop, I cease to think; my mind works only with my legs. JEAN-JACQUES ROUSSEAU

Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake. WALLACE STEVENS

The longest journey begins with a single step. LAO TZU

Good walking leaves no track behind it. LAO TZU

A good traveller has no fixed plan and is not intent on arriving. LAO TZU

One step at a time is good walking. CHINESE PROVERB

I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me. FRED ALLEN

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

Wandering re-establishes the original harmony which once existed between man and the universe. ANATOLE FRANCE

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeing new landscapes, but in having new eyes. MARCEL PROUST

The longest journey a man must take is the eighteen inches from his head to his heart. UNKNOWN

Not all those who wander are lost. J. R. R. TOLKIEN

It is solved by walking. ST AUGUSTINE

Walking, ideally, is a state in which the mind, the body, and the world are aligned, as though they were three characters finally in conversation together, three notes suddenly making a chord. REBECCA SOLNIT

The longest journey is the journey inward. DAG HAMMARSKJOLD

We carry within us the wonders we seek without us. SIR THOMAS BROWNE

In the midst of winter, I finally learned that there was in me an invincible summer. ALBERT CAMUS

The only thing I knew how to do / Was to keep on keepin' on like a bird that flew. BOB DYLAN

Ain't talkin', just walkin'. BOB DYLAN

The Solitary Walker

Thursday, 7 February 2013

Constant Change

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