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Sauntering Quotes by Rebecca Solnit
- For [Jane Austen and the readers of Pride and Prejudice], as for Mr. Darcy, [Elizabeth Bennett's] solitary walks express the independence that literally takes the…
- The famous Zen parable about the master for whom, before his studies, mountains were only mountains, but during his studies mountains were no longer mountains,…
- Perhaps walking is best imagined as an 'indicator species,' to use an ecologist's term. An indicator species signifies the health of an ecosystem, and its…
- Walking . . . is how the body measures itself against the earth.
- A path is a prior interpretation of the best way to traverse a landscape.
More Sauntering Quotes
- The worst is that the very hardest thinking will not bring thoughts. They must come like good children of God and cry,… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Show me your garden and I shall tell you what you are. — Alfred Austin
- We carry within us the wonders we seek without us. — Thomas Browne
- Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going to fast - you also miss the sense… — Eddie Cantor
- It's always fun to walk down the street with or behind a really beautiful woman, for no reason other than to see… — Jonathan Carroll
- Walking is Zen, sitting is Zen. Then what will be the quality? Watchfully alert, joyously unmotivated, centered, loving, flowing, one walks. And… — Rajneesh
- I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understood the art of Walking, that… — Henry David Thoreau
- I was walking in the park and this guy waved at me. Then he said, 'I'm sorry, I thought you were someone… — Demetri Martin