Walking

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

A little fresh air would be good for you just now. The weather is lovely; and a little stroll in the park will bring the colour back to your cheeks. – J. Palgrave Simpson, For Ever and Never, 1884

Me thinks that the moment my legs begin to move, my thoughts begin to flow. – Henry David Thoreau

Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. – Steven Wright

I have two doctors, my left leg and my right. – G.M. Trevelyan

Solvitur ambulando, St. Jerome was fond of saying. To solve a problem, walk around. – Gregory McNamee

Thoughts come clearly while one walks. – Thomas Mann

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. – SÃ¸ren Kierkegaard

Walks. The body advances, while the mind flutters around it like a bird. – Jules Renard

How can you explain that you need to know that the trees are still there, and the hills and the sky? Anyone knows they are. How can you say it is time your pulse responded to another rhythm, the rhythm of the day and the season instead of the hour and the minute? No, you cannot explain. So you walk. – Author unknown, from New York Times editorial, “The Walk,” 25 October 1967

He who limps is still walking. – Stanislaw J. Lec

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–

Your body is built for walking. – Gary Yanker

In the morning a man walks with his whole body; in the evening, only with his legs. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

We live in a fast-paced society. Walking slows us down. – Robert Sweetgall

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

We ought to take outdoor walks, to refresh and raise our spirits by deep breathing in the open air. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca, “On Tranquillity of Mind”

I have outwalked the furthest city light…. – Robert Frost

After dinner sit awhile, after supper walk a mile. – English Proverb

If I could not walk far and fast, I think I should just explode and perish. – Charles Dickens