“The traveler has to knock at every alien door to come to his own. And he has to wander through all the outer worlds to reach the inner most shrine at the end.” – Radindranath Tagore Gitanjjali
“Take your soul for a stroll. Long walks, there short walks, link morning walks,
evening walks — whatever form or length it takes. Walking is the best
way to get out of your head. Recall the invocation of the philosopher
Soren Kierkegaard, who said, ‘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.’ As if
in his footsteps, Freidrich Nietzsche also remarked, ‘Never trust a
thought that didn’t come by walking.’”
From The Art of Pilgrimage by Phil Cousineau
“What we lack is ground. Elementary ground on which to place out feet. Complex and articulated ground to provide a foundation for our thoughts, to provide poetry and philosophy with a new logic. We need to start walking again. To set space in motion, reject immobility, identify rhythms, seek relationships, cross intersections, draw maps, bring out minds to bear on the earth, and repeat the migrations of peoples.”
-Matteo Meschiari, “Walkscape”