Above all, do not lose your desire to walk. 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, and I know of no thought so burdensome that one cannot walk away from it. – Søren Kierkegaard
Life has its own hidden forces which you can only discover by living. – Søren Kierkegaard
People demand freedom of speech as a compensation for the freedom of thought which they seldom use. – Søren Kierkegaard
The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins. – Søren Kierkegaard
I like to walk, touch living Mother Earth—bare feet best, and thrill every step. Used to envy happy reptiles that had advantage of so much body in contact with earth, bosom to bosom. [We] live with our heels as well as head and most of our pleasure comes in that way. – John Muir, quoted in To Yosemite and Beyond: Writings from the Years 1863–